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Among many things that former head of the EPA Scott Pruitt did during his time at the agency was to cease enforcement of emissions standards for so-called "Glider" trucks. Gliders are new heavy truck chassis that have older, less technologically advanced and emissions-compliant engines installed into them.
The Obama administration sought to close the loopholes that allow gliders to be built and sold in significant numbers in an effort to curb their pollution but Pruitt opted to toss that aside in the name of business. We've covered the glider situation in the past, but the big news is that the new acting head of the EPA, a former coal lobbyist, has moved to reinstate the Obama regulations after a court insisted that they be enforced once again.
[...] Many trucking fleets like gliders because they are often cheaper to maintain and run than modern trucks, but the amount of pollutants that they emit can be hundreds of times more than the federal standards would allow. The laws that permitted gliders to be built in the first place were designed primarily to reduce the number of wrecked trucks going into scrap yards, instead giving their engines new homes. That kind of backfired.
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(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday July 29 2018, @04:16AM (1 child)
I've said that the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now, you wouldn't think of the European Union, but they're a foe. The RoHS, that's a great example of what they're doing, trade-wise. I can't repeal the European Union or their so-called laws. But I can make deals. And I made a beautiful deal with President Juncker. We're going to work to reduce barriers and increase trade in services, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical products, as well as soybeans, soybeans is a big deal. And the European Union is going to start, almost immediately, to buy a lot of soybeans. They love soybeans, they're a tremendous market, buy a lot of soybeans from our farmers in the Midwest, primarily. The European Union wants to import more liquefied natural gas -- LNG -- from the United States, and they're going to be a very very big buyer. We're going to make it much easier for them but they're going to be a massive buyer of LNG so they'll be able to diversify their energy supply. They're sending billions of dollars to Russia for their energy, that's going to be coming to us. Less for Russia, more for America. Grab, grab, grab for America!
(Score: 2, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday July 29 2018, @04:25AM
It's an EU directive adopted by many American manufacturers, just as Facebook and other magic-money entities are adopting European-style "free speech" directives, which of course ban unsanctioned viewpoints.