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| Trump revokes Biden order that had set 50% electric vehicles target for 2030 | Trump revokes Biden order that had set 50% electric vehicles target for 2030 |
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| President tells crowd that US ‘will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity’ | President tells crowd that US ‘will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity’ |
| Donald Trump took aim at federal support for the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) on Monday, amid a flurry of promised executive orders on his first day back in the White House. | Donald Trump took aim at federal support for the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) on Monday, amid a flurry of promised executive orders on his first day back in the White House. |
| “The United States will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity,” Trump said during a ceremony at Capitol One Arena, where he signed a raft of executive orders before a roaring crowd. | “The United States will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity,” Trump said during a ceremony at Capitol One Arena, where he signed a raft of executive orders before a roaring crowd. |
| One of those orders revokes 78 Biden-era actions, including a 2021 executive order aimed at making half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 electric. | One of those orders revokes 78 Biden-era actions, including a 2021 executive order aimed at making half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 electric. |
| That target was not binding. It also won support from top automakers. | That target was not binding. It also won support from top automakers. |
| “These clean car rollbacks will burden Americans with a Trumpfecta of higher prices, more pollution and weaker competitiveness,” said Dan Becker, director of the safe climate transport campaign at the environmental non-profit Center for Biological Diversity. “Our kids and everyone with lungs will pay the price for these politically motivated rollbacks of protections for our air and the climate.” | “These clean car rollbacks will burden Americans with a Trumpfecta of higher prices, more pollution and weaker competitiveness,” said Dan Becker, director of the safe climate transport campaign at the environmental non-profit Center for Biological Diversity. “Our kids and everyone with lungs will pay the price for these politically motivated rollbacks of protections for our air and the climate.” |
| Trump’s order is part of a promised push to repeal environmental protections introduced by Biden and to support US makers of gas-powered cars. He has also promised to roll back auto pollution standards finalized by Biden’s administration last spring – a rule Trump calls an “EV mandate”, though it did not directly require the production of electric vehicles. | Trump’s order is part of a promised push to repeal environmental protections introduced by Biden and to support US makers of gas-powered cars. He has also promised to roll back auto pollution standards finalized by Biden’s administration last spring – a rule Trump calls an “EV mandate”, though it did not directly require the production of electric vehicles. |
| Read more of the Guardian’s Trump coverage | Read more of the Guardian’s Trump coverage |
| Trump embraces role of demagogue, claims to be ‘peacemaker’ – follow inauguration updates as it happened | |
| Factchecking Trump’s speech | Factchecking Trump’s speech |
| Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes | Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes |
| Activists ask: is there any point in mass protest? | Activists ask: is there any point in mass protest? |
| Trump embraces role of demagogue, claims to be ‘peacemaker’ – follow inauguration updates as it happened | |
| Factchecking Trump’s speech | Factchecking Trump’s speech |
| Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes | Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes |
| Activists ask: is there any point in mass protest? | Activists ask: is there any point in mass protest? |
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