Leroy N. Soetoro
2024-05-16 03:00:11 UTC
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-
environment/3003220/california-law-enforce-nationwide-mandate-emissions-
taken-court/
ACalifornia law mandating that half of all medium- and heavy-duty vehicles
acquired by the state and local governments be emissions-free between 2024
and 2026 is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of
Republican state attorneys general.
The California mandate is essentially a nationwide mandate since
California ports play a crucial role as major weigh stations for shipping.
The mandate would also require that by 2027, 100% of heavy-duty vehicles
acquired be emissions-free and that new drayage trucks, vehicles used to
convey containers and bulk goods, be zero-emissions starting on Jan. 1.
Another lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agencys rules
requiring 30% of heavy-duty trucks to be fully emissions-free by 2032. The
EPA projects this move will avert up to 1 billion tons of carbon emissions
over 30 years.
The lawsuits were filed by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, a
Republican, leading a coalition of 17 states and a trucking trade group
for the California lawsuit and 24 states for the EPA lawsuit.
California and an unaccountable EPA are trying to transform our national
trucking industry and supply chain infrastructure. This effort coming at
a time of heightened inflation and with an already-strained electrical
grid will devastate the trucking and logistics industry, raise prices
for customers, and impact untold number of jobs across Nebraska and the
country. Neither California nor the EPA has the constitutional power to
dictate these nationwide rules to Americans, Hilgers said in a statement.
The lawsuit comes over a month after a federal court ruled that California
can continue to set its own vehicle emissions standards. Two years ago,
the Biden administration restored the states authority to set its own
emissions standards after the Trump administration revoked the states
ability. The rules set by California are often stricter than the rules set
by the federal government.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost led the 2022 lawsuit along with other
states, claiming Californias ability to set its emissions standards
violated the Constitution and infringed upon the federal governments
authority, but the court ruled in favor of California as the states failed
to show how Californias emissions standards would increase costs for gas-
powered vehicles in their states.
California is now seeking a waiver from the federal government to ban the
sale of all new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
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environment/3003220/california-law-enforce-nationwide-mandate-emissions-
taken-court/
ACalifornia law mandating that half of all medium- and heavy-duty vehicles
acquired by the state and local governments be emissions-free between 2024
and 2026 is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of
Republican state attorneys general.
The California mandate is essentially a nationwide mandate since
California ports play a crucial role as major weigh stations for shipping.
The mandate would also require that by 2027, 100% of heavy-duty vehicles
acquired be emissions-free and that new drayage trucks, vehicles used to
convey containers and bulk goods, be zero-emissions starting on Jan. 1.
Another lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agencys rules
requiring 30% of heavy-duty trucks to be fully emissions-free by 2032. The
EPA projects this move will avert up to 1 billion tons of carbon emissions
over 30 years.
The lawsuits were filed by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, a
Republican, leading a coalition of 17 states and a trucking trade group
for the California lawsuit and 24 states for the EPA lawsuit.
California and an unaccountable EPA are trying to transform our national
trucking industry and supply chain infrastructure. This effort coming at
a time of heightened inflation and with an already-strained electrical
grid will devastate the trucking and logistics industry, raise prices
for customers, and impact untold number of jobs across Nebraska and the
country. Neither California nor the EPA has the constitutional power to
dictate these nationwide rules to Americans, Hilgers said in a statement.
The lawsuit comes over a month after a federal court ruled that California
can continue to set its own vehicle emissions standards. Two years ago,
the Biden administration restored the states authority to set its own
emissions standards after the Trump administration revoked the states
ability. The rules set by California are often stricter than the rules set
by the federal government.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost led the 2022 lawsuit along with other
states, claiming Californias ability to set its emissions standards
violated the Constitution and infringed upon the federal governments
authority, but the court ruled in favor of California as the states failed
to show how Californias emissions standards would increase costs for gas-
powered vehicles in their states.
California is now seeking a waiver from the federal government to ban the
sale of all new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.