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Reuters: US House votes to repeal Biden administration tailpipe emissions rules
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-votes-narrowly-repeal-biden-administration-epa-tailpipe-emissions-rules-2024-09-20/US House votes to repeal Biden administration tailpipe emissions rules
By David Shepardson
September 20, 20241:36 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted narrowly on Friday to repeal clean-vehicle rules adopted in March to cut tailpipe emissions by 50% from 2026 levels by 2032.
House Republicans said the Environmental Protection Agency's final regulation for light-duty and medium vehicles is so stringent it leaves automakers no choice but to ramp up electric-vehicle production and would effectively push gas-powered vehicles out of the U.S. marketplace. The White House said President Joe Biden would veto the measure if it is approved by the U.S. Senate.
The House voted 215 to 191 with eight Democrats joining 207 Republicans in support.
Republican John James called the rules "catastrophic" for the auto industry. "Nobody here is against battery electric vehicles but we are against telling the American people what they can do with their money," he said.
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🚗💨🚙💨By David Shepardson
September 20, 20241:36 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted narrowly on Friday to repeal clean-vehicle rules adopted in March to cut tailpipe emissions by 50% from 2026 levels by 2032.
House Republicans said the Environmental Protection Agency's final regulation for light-duty and medium vehicles is so stringent it leaves automakers no choice but to ramp up electric-vehicle production and would effectively push gas-powered vehicles out of the U.S. marketplace. The White House said President Joe Biden would veto the measure if it is approved by the U.S. Senate.
The House voted 215 to 191 with eight Democrats joining 207 Republicans in support.
Republican John James called the rules "catastrophic" for the auto industry. "Nobody here is against battery electric vehicles but we are against telling the American people what they can do with their money," he said.
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to discuss emissions from Tesla cars.
I didn’t care all that much for my High School American History teacher, but one of the few decent things I learned in his class was the principle that (as he put it) “Your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose.”
(In essence: you are free to do as you please, up to the point that you cause harm to others. Of course, actually swinging your fist just beyond the tip of my nose constitutes “menacing.” )