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Trump EPA moves to kill "holy grail" of climate regulation | The agency said its 2009 finding that greenhouse gases harmed people had caused “years of uncertainty for automakers.” (www.motherjones.com)
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[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago

“years of uncertainty for automakers.”

Automakers will have complete certainty sooner than you think. No more cars will be sold because everyone is dead and a hothouse earth turned over to the tardigrades.

[-] Laser@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

Cars aren't being sold in the US right now anyways for other reasons. People aren't dropping 80k on cars that were 50k some years ago, inventory isn't moving really compared to before. In addition, repossessions are very high right now.

Doesn't mean the situation isn't dire but I think someone will find out that the slumping sales aren't due to environmental regulations.

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Hey, let's give some credit! We'll also be handing Earth back to the Earth's first owners: the cyanobacteria!

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