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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Ban on Gas Powered Cars is Dead

February 16, 2025 5:35 pmFebruary 17, 2025 6:19 am

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin just sent California’s vehicle emissions waiver request to Congress for review. This is big and kills California Governor Gavin Newsom’s ban on gas-powered vehicles. In December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on orders from the Biden...

Trump Vows to End Federal Electric Vehicle Mandate

January 21, 2025 7:28 amJanuary 21, 2025 7:28 am

Shortly after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Monday, he announced he would be ending the federal electric vehicle mandate. This will hamper California’s EV mandate, the goal of which is to end the sale of all gas-powered vehicles in...

More States and Auto Dealers Fight Back Against California’s EV Car and Truck Mandates

December 23, 2024 1:33 pmJanuary 21, 2025 11:51 am

For the past several years, multiple states have followed California on two key electric vehicle mandates. One is the 2035 gas-powered car sales ban. And then the other is the 2042 Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which states that all trucks...

Biden EPA Approves Waiver For California’s 2035 Gas-Powered Vehicle Ban

December 18, 2024 10:02 amDecember 18, 2024 10:02 am

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on orders from the Biden administration, announced on Wednesday that they have approved California’s mandate to ban the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035, making it more difficult for President-elect Donald Trump to federally...

New Reports Finds EPA Will Likely Give A Waiver For California’s 2035 Gas-Powered Car Sales Ban Mandate

December 14, 2024 2:45 amDecember 14, 2024 2:46 am

According to a new report first published by the Washington Post on Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently set to allow California permission to ban gas-powered cars by 2035, a move made by the Biden Administration in an...

California Air Resources Board vs. Reality

July 8, 2024 10:18 amJuly 9, 2024 6:29 am

There is a reason the California Air Resources Board known as “CARB” is not actually called the California Air Reality Board. The very recent past has seen CARB try to mandate anti-pollution technology on boats, trucks, and trains. The problem...

National Opposition to CARB Rail Rule Growing

June 17, 2024 3:42 pmJune 17, 2024 3:42 pm

The California Air Resource Board (CARB), never a shrinking violet when it comes to regulating things out of existence, is running into national opposition in its bid to force railroads to go to zero-emission locomotives. Last fall, CARB approved its...