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This shouldn’t require federal approval at all.
I'm sure the party of states rights will take issue with it in a few months.....
It’s not really a state rights thing though: my state is not allowed to do something like that on its own
This is a federal thing that there’s a specific exception for California and the rest of us can only follow them or stick to federal standards
Articles keep linking this back to the clean air act but I don’t remember reading where the exception is. If it’s in the clean air act, I don’t see how Trump can change that: it has to be Congress. If it’s an EPA regulation or executive exception, that’s another story, but hopefully would at least be time consuming
Sorry, what is “the federal thing” regarding CA banning gas cars?
It’s not states rights, but a federal law, regulation, or whatever the eff it is. Federal govt says you must follow epa, or carb. No other options
Clean Air Act empowers the EPA to regulate air pollution from motor vehicles. To promote uniformity, the law generally bars states from regulating car emissions.
the Clean Air Act …. requires the EPA to grant California a waiver so it can continue to apply its own regulations
Other states can’t set their own standards, but they can opt to follow California’s motor vehicle emission regulations
Eat shit, other states. We’re dissuading ICE because it’s polluting Los Angeles. If your state doesn’t buy enough ICE to make it worthwhile that’s a “you” problem.
As I recall from past reading, California was just going to prohibit sale of new non-EVs in California. If you want an ICE or hybrid vehicle, you can just buy it from an out-of-state dealer, even after 2035.
California has a long history of barring registration of vehicles which do not meet its pollution standards. You'd need to not just buy out of states but fraudulently register it as if you resided in another state. Billionaires do this with eigth homes for their personal race cars, but basically nobody else does.
goes to look
Ah, apparently it only is permitted if a vehicle has at least 7500 miles on it. So can't do it with a new vehicle.
I don't think anyone asked Biden administration their opinion though