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After siding with President Trump’s reckless attempt to roll back clean-car standards and stalling the fight against climate change, a group of auto companies announced Tuesday that “in a gesture of goodwill” they would withdraw from a lawsuit challenging California’s authority to cut vehicle emissions.
Their magnanimity is underwhelming.
For years, Toyota, Subaru, General Motors and their allies have waged a cynical campaign to relax regulations adopted during the Obama administration to reduce future tailpipe emissions and improve fuel economy from passenger cars and trucks. The companies have claimed to be environmental stewards while working to weaken the nation’s single most important effort to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.