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Maine Attorney General Prepares to Fight Trump Administration on Fuel Economy Standards

The Maine attorney general’s office says it’s ready to fight efforts by the Trump administration to postpone or weaken new, tougher fuel economy standards for new cars and trucks.

Maine is part of a coalition of states, led by New York, that says it will oppose any weakening of the Obama-era standards, which would require corporate fleet vehicles to get 54.5 miles to the gallon by 2025. The Trump administration has ordered that the rules be re-evaluated, and it’s expected to roll them back.

“When you pump a pound of carbon into the air for every mile you drive in a standard vehicle, that’s a lot of carbon,” says Maine Attorney General Janet Mills. “We’re opposing [Environmental Protection Agency] Secretary [Scott] Pruitt’s proposal to get rid of the waiver that allows California and about a dozen other states to have their own emission control regulations.”

Maine is one the states that has adopted California’s standards, which are stricter than those set by the federal government. The Trump administration has said it wants one uniform requirement across the U.S.

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.
Nora is originally from the Boston area but has lived in Chicago, Michigan, New York City and at the northern tip of New York state. Nora began working in public radio at Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor and has been an on-air host, a reporter, a digital editor, a producer, and, when they let her, played records.