President Trump and the GOP's massive hypocrisy on clean air | By Jeff Yang for CNNOpinion
Jeff Yang is a frequent contributor to CNN Opinion, a featured writer for Quartz and other publications, and the co-host of the podcast"They Call Us Bruce." He co-wrote Jackie Chan's best-selling autobiography,"I Am Jackie Chan" and is the editor of three graphic novels:"Secret Identities,""Shattered" and the forthcoming"New Frontiers." The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Read more opinion articles on CNN.
On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump took a quick break from his Los Angeles fundraising junket to announce that his administration would seek to revoke California's ability to control its own auto mileage standards. Jeff Yang This isn't just bad policy — killing a unique federal waiver that has helped to do more to reduce transportation emissions than virtually any other legislative act in history. It's also hypocrisy of the highest order, given the Republican Party's long-professed belief in letting states set their own destinies.
Trump revokes California's ability to set its own auto emissions standards 01:50Motivated by the decaying situation in Los Angeles, California enacted the most rigorous air pollution laws in the nation. These proved to be so successful in reining in out-of-control emissions that when the Clean Air Act came along, state officials expressed concern that it might end up dragging California backwards to a national lowest common denominator.
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