Capito elaborates on criticism of new federal rules on vehicle emissions

Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., emphasized her criticism of new federal standards to crack down on emissions from gasoline-powered cars and trucks while boosting production of electric vehicles over the next few years. Federal officials called the new automobile emissions standards the most ambitious plan yet to curtail pollution from cars. Capito would like to hit the brakes. “Since when is the federal government telling us what we can and cannot buy in terms of our vehicles?” Capito said during a briefing with West Virginia reporters. “It’s obviously a green...