Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it regulates air pollution and addresses climate change.

And that would be unfortunate," the Former DOT secretary told The Verge. "The work we’ve done to make EVs more affordable is part of why there are more and more jobs being created in the industrial Midwest,

Newly confirmed DOT Secretary Sean Duffy directed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make good on President Donald Trump's pledge to slow or stop the shift to electric vehicles.

A signed order by Sean Duffy, U.S. Transportation Secretary, on Tuesday will rescind fuel economy standards put in place by former President Joe Biden. The order directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to “reconsider the 2022 model year through 2031 model years for cars and trucks,” Reuters reported.

Sean Duffy has been confirmed as transportation secretary, giving him a key role in President Donald Trump's administration

From national security to home insurance, the president has quickly changed America’s climate adaptation policies in important ways.

The orders could worsen the effects of climate change by increasing long-term global emissions and slowing the country’s transition to electric transportation and renewable energy. Trump declared an unprecedented “national energy emergency,” designed ...

Executive orders and announcements by President Trump have put billions of dollars in U.S. climate commitments into question.

Hours after being sworn in as the new Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks.

In a barrage of executive orders, President Donald Trump has set the US on course to derail climate goals, biomedical research and pandemic readiness

In an executive order last week, the Trump administration called for a pause on handing out the funds that are legally set aside under the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. That includes hundreds of billions of dollars for climate research and infrastructure.

Federal grants "are investments," a veteran researcher explains, and cutting them will endanger people's lives here and elsewhere.