EPA staff concerns may fuel critics of rollback proposal

August 20, 2018 05:00 AM

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration reopened the feasibility review for 2022-25 fuel economy standards in 2017 because it said the process conducted under President Barack Obama was rushed and politically motivated.

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