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Environmental protection agency. today it proposed stricter new emissions standards for cars and trucks designed to force auto- makers to build and sell more electric cars. we re ushering in new advanced technologies that will not only increase and enhance performance but also reduce climate pollutants and health- based pollutants. reporter: in the united states, transportation is the single largest source of planet warming greenhouse gas emissions. e.p.a. claims the new clean car standards would avoid 2.2 billion tons of carbon emission from vehicles by 2050. but with the impacts of climate change piling up, environmental groups pressured the administration to go even further. the new tailpipe regulations start off about 10% stricter than the trump administration s. standards president obamation negotiated back in 2012. i think thing administration can be bolder. reporter: katherine garcia is with the sierra club. the planet is really demanding we take the climate crisis ser ....