Some have taken issue with our choice to describe EPA’s new regulation for model year 2027-2032 passenger vehicles as a “ban on most new gas cars,” and have accused us of exaggerating the administration’s policies. We’d like to explain, once again, why we talk about the policy this way.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rob Benedict, AFPM Vice President of Petrochemicals and Midstream, issued the following statement in response to the new government-wide strategy to combat plastic pollution. Paying particular attention to the elimination of single-use plastic, the strategy announces the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to phase out federal procurement of single-use plastics.