Chuck Schumer calls on EPA to lower gas prices [View all]
Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the Environmental Protection Agency on Sunday not to follow through with plans to rollback mile-per-gallon standards to lessen the pain at the pump for motorists as gas prices hit their highest rates in four years.
“If prices stay as high as they are, this summer the average motorist will pay $200 to $300 more out of their pockets than they would have otherwise,” the New York Democrat said during a news conference at a Mobil gas station in Manhattan where the price is $4.15 a gallon. “Now with the price the way it is, the better mileage the motorist gets, the better everyone does.”
The EPA announced last week that it has submitted plans to weaken an Obama administration rule for automakers to increase their cars’ fuel economy by 50 mpg by 2025.
The car companies lobbied Trump to lower the standard saying millions of American jobs would be at risk if the regulations remained in place.
More: https://nypost.com/2018/06/03/chuck-schumer-calls-on-epa-to-lower-gas-prices/
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