“Trump’s Rollback of Auto Pollution Rules Shows Signs of Disarray”

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Aug. 20, 2019

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Media Highlight

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New York Times

Alan Krupnick is quoted in a New York Times article about the Trump administration's rollback on Obama-era auto-pollution rules. Krupnick's quote is in regard to the notion that multiple major automobile manufacturers plan to refuse to follow Trump's proposal. Listed below is Krupnick's full quote:

"'You get to a point where, if enough companies are with California, then what the Trump administration is doing is moot.'"

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Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow; Director, Industry and Fuels Program

Alan Krupnick is a senior fellow at RFF.

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