GM flips to California’s side in pollution fight against Trump
LA TimesGeneral Motors Chairman Mary Barra in July 2019. GM says it will no longer support the Trump administration’s legal efforts to end California’s right to set its own clean-air standards. General Motors Co. is switching sides in the legal fight against California’s right to set its own clean-air standards, abandoning the Trump administration as the president’s term nears its close. Chief Executive Mary Barra said in a letter Monday to environmental groups that GM will no longer support the Trump administration in its defense against a lawsuit over its efforts against California’s standards. The companies said they would intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Environmental Defense Fund against the Trump administration, which has rolled back national pollution and gas mileage standards enacted while Barack Obama was president.
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