Obama helped make cars more efficient, but now they spew black carbon

Grist
By Emily PontecorvoFeb 3, 2020, 3:55 am132 pts
If you’re getting more bang for your buck at the gas pump today than you were a decade ago, you can thank the Obama administration. Obama’s 2012 updates to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, or CAFE standards, made new cars more fuel-efficient and reduced their carbon dioxide emissions. But a…

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