EPA finalizes illegal dirty air plan to hike fuel costs 76c/gal, despite public outcry

In July, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a plan to delete its scientific finding recognizing that greenhouse gases are harmful to human health, with the goal of making cars less efficient, deadlier and more costly. Public comments widely opposed the plan, but now before the agency has barely even started reading those comments, it announced today that it’s going through with its illegal plan anyway.

(Update: This article has been updated to reflect that the finalization was announced in a press conference today)

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