Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Trump says California will no longer be able to set higher fuel efficiency standards for cars
Governor Gavin Newsom today promised to fight President Trump’s announcement that California will no longer be granted a waiver to set automobile pollution standards that are tougher than the national standard.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readGovernor Gavin Newsom today promised to fight President Trump’s announcement that California will no longer be granted a waiver to set automobile pollution standards that are tougher than the national standard. That waiver has been in effect since 1970.
The Trump Administration is revoking California’s Federal Waiver on emissions in order to produce far less expensive cars for the consumer, while at the same time making the cars substantially SAFER. This will lead to more production because of this pricing and safety...... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir
Associate producer
Ann Carlson
professor of environmental law, founding director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA
The full episode
1 of 5Can you live for a week without plastic?- 0:00Trump says California will no longer be able to set higher fuel efficiency standards for carsYou’re reading this
- 7:08What it’s like to give up plastic for a week
- 14:56Democratic donor Ed Buck arrested for running a 'drug house'
- 22:58Politics runs through Israeli writer Etgar Keret's short story collection
- 38:26After growing up online, Tavi Gevinson considers what Instagram has meant for her sense of self