It would be nice if the leader of the Environmental Protection Agency truly believed in protecting the environment and people. Failing that, it would be nice if he’d at least get his facts straight.

Unfortunately for American consumers, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who has a long history of attacking the agency he now heads, seems to believe everything corporate lobbyists tell him. A case in point: his decision to roll back carefully crafted fuel-economy standards for passenger cars and trucks, which would save consumers $3,200 per car and $4,800 per truck over the lifetime of their vehicles. He’s making these savings vanish into thin air and breaking a promise the government and automakers made to the American people.