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Posted by: Paul Burch on Jul 6, 2023

A group of 25 state attorneys general, including Tennessee's Jonathan Skrmetti urged the Biden administration on Thursday to abandon a proposal to sharply cut vehicle tailpipe emissions, reports Reuters. In April, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new standards for 2027-2032 vehicles that would cut emissions by 56%. The attorneys general, led by Daniel Cameron of Kentucky and Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia, said the EPA proposal "would damage our economy, tax our electrical grids and the families and businesses who depend on them, and threaten our national security." Read the AG's press release.