Biden Administration Moves to Unwind Trump Auto-Emissions Policy Source: By Timothy Puko, Wall Street Journal • Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2021
The U.S. will end its fight with California, setting the stage for stricter regulations
California is the nation’s biggest car market. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
WASHINGTON The Biden administration is moving to end a legal battle with California over the state’s authority to regulate motor-vehicle emissions, setting the stage for stricter regulations on the auto industry, according to people briefed on those plans.
Administration officials could announce their first steps as early as Friday, these people said, as President Biden concludes a two-day international summit via videoconference to address climate change. It would be the latest in a series of efforts to unwind Trump administration policies that eased environmental rules.
By Susan Jones | December 17, 2020 | 6:12am EST
Then-Senator Joe Biden, seen here in 1988 on the Amtrak platform in Wilmington, Delaware, was a rail commuter for many years. (Photo by Joe McNally/Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - In a speech nominating his former political rival Pete Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary, President-elect Joe Biden mentioned some of his goals for a Biden Transportation Department, including a railroad revolution.
Biden made his back-to-the-future comment as he talked about Buttigieg s tenure as mayor of South Bend, Indiana:
I know when you were mayor, Pete, when people would come in to try to decide whether they were going to build something in your area, they d say where s the nearest railroad you have? What about the water access? What about and so on.