00:08:20 DOT's Heidi King is testifying. She says overly-ambitious fuel efficiency standards will dramatically increase car prices and discourage people from replacing their older cars with cleaner, safer cars. (There is little evidence for this dramatic price increase.)
00:12:04 EPA's clean air chief Bill Wehrum is also testifying on clean car standards. http://twitter.com/RepDianaDeGette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@RepDianaDeGettepoints out that he previously lobbied for oil industry groups, and asks whether he met with his former clients on the admin's rollback. Wehrum says he does not remember doing so.
00:48:51 .http://twitter.com/USRepKCastor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@USRepKCastorsays that by rolling back clean car standards, Trump administration will ensure that the US auto industry will fall behind the rest of the world. “You seem to say America can retreat. America last -- last in fuel efficiency, last in air quality.”
00:54:49 .http://twitter.com/RepMcKinley" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@RepMcKinleyjust unfurled a list of what he said were all the regulations the Obama administration passed against the fossil fuel industry. "Let it all roll out," he said. "We need to regain control." https://twitter.com/HirokoTabuchi/status/1141736167441915905/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/HDWn9VKuLV
01:10:58 .http://twitter.com/RepMcNerney" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@RepMcNerneyexchange w/ EPA clean air chief Wehrum. "Do you believe human-caused climate change is happening?" "The Obama administration.." "I’m not asking about the Obama administration. Do you believe climate change is a danger to this country?"
01:12:13 "I’m regulating greenhouse gases every day." "So you’re not going to answer that question directly." House http://twitter.com/EnergyCommerce" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@EnergyCommercehearing on fuel economy and clean car standards
01:21:33 California, which has legal authority to write its own clean air rules, has vowed to stick to stricter Obama-era standards, raising the specter of an auto market split in two. "I'm not interested in a pissing contest" btwn Trump admin and California, http://twitter.com/RepDebDingell" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@RepDebDingell says.
01:25:09 RT @davidshepardson: EPA/NHTSA both not giving any ground on returning to negotiating table with California to reach a deal. "I don't know…
01:36:08 .http://twitter.com/RepDarrenSoto" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@RepDarrenSotosounds exasperated at the clean cars hearing. "Why are we even here? Why are we rolling back standards when even industry leaders aren’t asking for it?" He adds "I empathize. You all have to do what President Trump tells you to do. I get the position you are in."
01:41:43 Soto takes a swipe at @RepMcKinley: “We saw that long list of fossil fuel regulations rolled out.. There’s going to be a longer list of disaster victims, of climate change victims, than that fossil fuel regulation list ever was." https://twitter.com/HirokoTabuchi/status/1141747972432117761/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/JIPRavmxjC
01:53:53 .http://twitter.com/RepJeffDuncan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@RepJeffDuncansays govt shdn't dictate what automakers build. “We don’t want the vehicles they’re selling in Europe..small, tiny vehicles. That’s not appealing to the American consumer.” He is right on that last point and it's devastating for the climate https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/climate/suv-sales-global-climate.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">nytimes.com/2018/03/03/cli…
02:39:13 California's clean air regulator http://twitter.com/MaryNicholsCA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@MaryNicholsCAsays the Trump administration has been unwilling to find common ground on clean car standards. "Their claim that California offered no counter-proposal is false. They unilaterally decided to cut off conversations."
02:51:39 David Schwietert of the @Auto_Alliance, which represents big automakers, repeats its support for "year-over-year increases in fuel economy" -- not a freezing of those standards, as the Trump administration has proposed.
03:40:24 To be sure, automakers are still asking for a weakening of fuel economy standards. Obama-era rules through 2026 are "unattainable," @Auto_Alliance's Schwietert just said. In their letter to Trump, automakers ask for a "midway" solution.
05:16:05 RT @PopovichN: America’s air is much cleaner than it used to be, but it’s still not “the cleanest.” And recent data suggests that air pollu…
07:15:01 What's happening in Oregon in insane > Oregon governor authorizes state police to bring GOP lawmakers back to capital for climate vote https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/449583-oregon-gov-allows-state-police-to-bring-republican-lawmakers-back-to#.XQwFNbaSt6o.twitter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">thehill.com/homenews/state…
07:16:46 “The Senate Republicans have decided to abandon their duty to serve their constituents and walk out. The Senate Democrats have requested the assistance of the Oregon State Police to bring back their colleagues.. I am authorizing the State Police to fulfill the Democrats’ request"
11:35:45 RT @nytclimate: Democrats in the Oregon legislature tried pass a climate change bill. Republican senators made themselves scarce, delaying…
12:01:29 RT @ESPNNBA: Rui Hachimura is the first Japanese-born player to be drafted in the first round of the https://meyou.jp/search/%23NBADraft!/">#NBADraft! This one's for you, Japan…
12:10:53 RT @CBSSports: Rui Hachimura is the first Japanese-born player ever taken in the first round of the NBA Draft. He’s had to overcome great…