As Biden pushes green cars, activist has lead role in highway safety agency
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An environmental legal activist will play a key role in the Biden administration's electric vehicle initiative to include various new fuel economy regulations over the next decade.
However, Carlson – who has done pro bono work on climate litigation and frequently speaks about environmental legal issues – defined the job as working with the Environmental Protection Agency to address greenhouse gas emissions in vehicles. "NHTSA, as you know, has joint authority with EPA over the car and truck GHG standards and as a result the early political appointments will for the first time have strong climate experience," Carlson wrote in announcing her new role to her UCLA colleagues in a Jan. 19 email. On her leave of absence document to UCLA, in response to the question "Disposition of work while on leave," she wrote, "The agency in charge of climate standards for cars and trucks."
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