https://californiaglobe.com/fl/gov-gavin-newsoms-ban-on-gas-powered-cars-is-dead/
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 administration, announced that they approved California's mandate to ban the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035, attempting to make it more difficult for President Donald Trump to federally stop the mandate once he
took office, the Globe reported.
California's strictest-in-the-nation vehicle regulations require manufacturers to comply with the state's much more stringent emissions standards, and to produce more zero-emission vehicles for the state. However, this is usually sent to Congress prior to authorization.
Enter EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin who on Friday lifted the order and sent California's waiver request to Congress for review:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in the Oval Office, alongside President Donald Trump and the newly created National Energy Dominance Council, that the EPA will be transmitting to Congress the Biden Administration's rules granting waivers that allowed California to preempt federal car and truck standards promulgated by EPA and the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"The Biden Administration failed to send rules on California's waivers to Congress, preventing Members of Congress from deciding on extremely consequential actions that have massive impacts and costs across the entire United States. The Trump EPA is transparently correcting this wrong and
rightly following the rule of law," said EPA Administrator Zeldin. "The American people are struggling to make ends meet while dealing with rules that take away their ability to choose a safe and affordable vehicle for their families. As an agency, we are accountable to Congress, but most importantly
we must be accountable to the American people."
The EPA rules granting California waivers transmitted to Congress include California's Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, and Omnibus NOx rules. The two waivers regarding trucks not only increased the cost of those vehicles but also increased the costs of goods and the cost of living for American families across the country.
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