EPA Kills Newsom's 2035 Ban on Gas-Powered Cars in California

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.