Environment
Senate rejects Republican attempt to reverse Biden Vehicle Rules
The Senate Parliamentarian ruled that Senate Republicans could not use a fast track procedure to overturn historic rules aimed at reducing vehicle tailpipe emissions drastically and boosting EV sales in a tax bill and budget bill. Republicans and Donald Trump have targeted EVs in a variety of ways, a reversal from the former president Joe Biden's policies that encouraged EVs as well as renewable energy sources to combat climate change and reduce emission. Biden, as the Environmental Protection Agency in 2024, set strict vehicle emission rules that aim at reducing fleetwide tailpipe emissions of cars and light trucks nearly 50%...