Trump administration pushes to relax fuel rules even as it predicts the Earth will get warmer

Published September 28, 2018 5:27pm ET



The Trump administration, known for rolling back of regulations combating climate change, is acknowledging the planet will warm to catastrophic levels even as it argues to roll back Obama-era fuel efficiency rules.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the projection, noting that the Earth’s temperature will rise by 7 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century, or about 4 degrees Celsius, a level that would cause catastrophic impacts to the Earth. The projection came as part of an environmental impact statement to justify the agency’s recent proposal to relax the fuel efficiency rules, the Washington Post reported Friday.

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