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  "path": "/news/18052026/epa-loosens-automaker-air-pollution-rules/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T22:52:34.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Clean Energy",
    "Politics",
    "air pollution",
    "auto industry",
    "Electric Vehicles",
    "emissions",
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    "EPA",
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  "textContent": "After eliminating the electric vehicle tax credit, rolling back fuel economy standards and blocking California’s stringent vehicle emissions rules, the Trump administration is now citing slowed electric vehicle growth as its rationale for loosening automobile air pollution standards. In a rulemaking proposal released Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to delay the adoption […]",
  "title": "EPA Claims ‘Overwhelming Rejection’ of EVs as It Moves to Loosen Air Pollution Rules"
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