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Scott Pruitt. Credit: Lorie Schaull

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Pruitt Announces Plans to Overturn Obama-Era Vehicle Emissions Standards Could Set Back U.S. Emissions Reductions By Decades

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced recently that the Trump administration plans to reduce vehicle emissions standards for new cars and trucks as mandated by the Obama administration, setting back U.S. emissions reduction efforts by decades…

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EarthTalk Q&A

Caring About Climate Without the Federal Government

The Global Climate Action Summit, coming up next September in San Francisco, is the brainchild of California’s 79-year-old outgoing governor Jerry Brown, one of the country’s great crusaders for cutting carbon emissions despite lack of federal interest in solving the climate crisis.