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Former President Barack Obama expressed disappointment that fuel standards introduced under his tenure are being rolled back, telling audiences: "I instituted higher fuel-efficiency standards on cars, and the subsequent administration has now tried to actively reverse them."

Obama made these comments on January 23 at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada, where he spoke at an event held by the Economic Club of Canada and the Global Institute for Conscious Economics. It is the first in a four-part series discussing new ways of thinking about the future of work.

As the Canadian press first reported, Obama, revealed his frustration at seeing environmental policies introduced during his time at the White House be reversed by the current administration. The most recent example being the replacement of a 2015 rule redefining the "waters of the United States" (WOTUS), announced yesterday.

Referring to the Trump Administration's roll-backs of fuel standards introduced when he was president, Obama is reported to have said: "If we can't even do that, where we're going to say, 'We're not going to drive gas guzzlers' when other countries don't even have cars, then it's going to be almost impossible to solve the problem."