Trump Takes On the Auto Industry

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🗓️ 13 September 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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There’s a fight brewing between four auto makers and the Trump administration. This fight is largely about environmental regulations -- but it’s also about what kind of governance is required to have a thriving national economy. And the U.S. might be losing its edge. Guest: Tim Puko, reporter covering energy policy for the Wall Street Journal. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, Danielle Hewitt, and Mara Silvers. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.0	The giant California city is shrouded by the ugly mist.
1:01.0	It's a story about smog.
1:04.0	Yes, California just happened to be the state that was smogier and more polluted than anybody else.
1:10.0	Tim Pukos is going to help me here. He reports on energy policy at the Wall Street Journal.
1:14.0	And by this quirk of history, they now have more authority than anyone else and have leveraged that in a way that gives them nationwide power.
1:22.0	When this pollution first rolled into Los Angeles, it was in the 1940s. No one really knew why it was there.
1:27.0	You can find pictures from this time.
1:30.0	Women in crisp skirts dabbing their eyes when the air started distinct.
1:35.0	People wearing goggles to protect themselves. Motorcyclists rolling down the street wearing gas masks.
1:41.0	The first time they saw a car was in the US.
1:45.0	People wearing goggles to protect themselves.
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