'Adopting a strong rule slashing auto pollution, Biden could take the biggest single step any nation has taken to protect the planet and deliver on these essential voters' high-priority climate concerns.'
Among the loopholes, the new rules allow auto companies to make more gas-guzzling cars, pickups and SUVs if they include technologies like solar panels on car rooftops that don't significantly cut emissions.
These long-term rules must dramatically speed the transition to a zero-emissions era with enforceable rules that force auto companies to build electric vehicles rather than just manufacture promises to make some someday. Voters who helped elect Biden—and who he'll need to win reelection—are among the most affected by and concerned about climate.
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