EPA declines to tighten soot pollution standards

Re:EPA declines to tighten soot pollution standards by xyzzyz on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @02:53AM (#25342973)

You’re insufficiently cynical. By the time these ICE car bans go into effect, politicians whose terms it will fall on will grant “temporary extension” until after their term, rinse and repeat.

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Re:EPA declines to tighten soot pollution standards by ashtonkem on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @10:01AM (#25346027)

I suspect that many are hoping that ICE cars will be more expensive and less popular by the time their ban rolls around.

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Re:EPA declines to tighten soot pollution standards by xyzzyz on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @07:55PM (#25353886)

Activists, maybe, but politician's only hopes are about reelection, not environment.

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Re:EPA declines to tighten soot pollution standards by ashtonkem on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @08:41PM (#25354332)

Politicians really hope that too; that way if they're still in power the technical ban will be nothing more than an interesting note than anything that actually needs to be done.

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