The California Air Resources Board today filed public comments* discrediting the U.S. Energy Department (DOE) study the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is using to eliminate federal climate programs. CARB’s comments include a detailed report calling out DOE misinformation and falsehoods one by one. (Read AutoInformed.com on: CARB Blasts Trump’s Attack on California Clean Air Act)**
“This DOE document relies on the old tobacco industry strategy of undermining established science, spreading doubt about established reality and carelessly endangering fellow human beings,” said CARB Chair Liane Randolph. “If the endangerment finding is rolled back, it will clearly establish that the federal government is further stamping its approval on a proposal that puts profits before the health of the people the administration claims to represent.”
“The CARB comments stand up for science instead of attempting to bury it. They take the DOE study to task for discounting the harm of extreme weather and climate disasters on human life and property. That discounted harm would include the recent loss of more than 120 people on Texas’ Guadelupe River, the 250 lost lives and hundreds of miles and billions of dollars in damage left across the Southeast by Hurricane Helene, and the lives and property lost in this year’s Los Angeles wildfires. Those are just three of the 27 multi-billion-dollar climate-driven weather disasters so far this year in the U.S.,” CARB said.
The CARB comments also point out dozens of instances of missing context, misinformation, selective editing and outright false statements contained in the DOE report.
For example, the DOE report concedes the value of agencies such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service in protecting the public. CARB points out that DOE does not mention that the Administration is gutting funding and dramatically cutting staff at those agencies.
“The comments from CARB attempt to set the record straight before the federal government can rewrite history to serve its own profit-driven ends,” CARB said.
*California Air Resources Board public comments Full Text Here.
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Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
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Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
CARB Files Comments on DOE Climate Misinformation
The California Air Resources Board today filed public comments* discrediting the U.S. Energy Department (DOE) study the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is using to eliminate federal climate programs. CARB’s comments include a detailed report calling out DOE misinformation and falsehoods one by one. (Read AutoInformed.com on: CARB Blasts Trump’s Attack on California Clean Air Act)**
“This DOE document relies on the old tobacco industry strategy of undermining established science, spreading doubt about established reality and carelessly endangering fellow human beings,” said CARB Chair Liane Randolph. “If the endangerment finding is rolled back, it will clearly establish that the federal government is further stamping its approval on a proposal that puts profits before the health of the people the administration claims to represent.”
“The CARB comments stand up for science instead of attempting to bury it. They take the DOE study to task for discounting the harm of extreme weather and climate disasters on human life and property. That discounted harm would include the recent loss of more than 120 people on Texas’ Guadelupe River, the 250 lost lives and hundreds of miles and billions of dollars in damage left across the Southeast by Hurricane Helene, and the lives and property lost in this year’s Los Angeles wildfires. Those are just three of the 27 multi-billion-dollar climate-driven weather disasters so far this year in the U.S.,” CARB said.
The CARB comments also point out dozens of instances of missing context, misinformation, selective editing and outright false statements contained in the DOE report.
For example, the DOE report concedes the value of agencies such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service in protecting the public. CARB points out that DOE does not mention that the Administration is gutting funding and dramatically cutting staff at those agencies.
“The comments from CARB attempt to set the record straight before the federal government can rewrite history to serve its own profit-driven ends,” CARB said.
*California Air Resources Board public comments Full Text Here.
**AutoInformed on
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.