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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on two major California clean air rules designed to reduce pollution from cars and trucks, including a ban on selling new gasoline-powered ...
The state is also allowing for some new cars sold to be hybrid gas-electric vehicles. About 16% of cars sold in California in the first three months of this year were electric, according to The ...
California was the first state to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars II rule, and so far, 11 other states have followed suit, setting their sights on phasing out the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by ...
Reasons for banning the further sale of fossil fuel vehicles include: reducing health risks from pollution particulates, notably diesel PM10s, and other emissions, notably nitrogen oxides; [8] meeting national greenhouse gas, such as CO 2, targets under international agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement; or energy independence.
Although it passed the legislature, it was vetoed by Governor Jay Inslee in 2021. [16] In 2022, legislation passed and was signed into law by Governor Inslee setting a state target for phasing out the sale of new gas vehicles by 2030, but regulations have been implemented to mandate that all new cars be zero-emissions vehicles by 2035. [19]
And several states are moving to accelerate the transition by planning bans on the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles in the near future. California was the first state to adopt the Advanced Clean ...
Mar. 5—California has been going all out in its anti-oil and natural gas campaign, banning the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles, restricting, and in some instances, forbidding new oil wells ...
The Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008, also known as Senate Bill 375 or SB 375, is a State of California law targeting greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles. The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 sets goals for the reduction of statewide greenhouse gas emissions. Passenger vehicles are the single largest ...