Biden Admin Paves Way For California To Stuff The Rest Of America Into EVs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : As Regan referenced in his statement, EPA allows California to go above and beyond thresholds established by certain federal air quality regulations, a practice that dates back to the Nixon administration, according to CARB and EPA.
49% : The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a waiver to allow the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to implement its "Advanced Clean Cars II" regulations, which would gradually eliminate the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in California by 2035.
43% : However, critics of CARB and EPA have asserted that the Advanced Clean Cars II waiver will force automakers to essentially follow California's standards nationwide given how many states are also looking to implement the same policies.
41% : I suspect this is why EPA waited until after the election to issue this decision.
39% : EPA and CARB did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
34% : "California has longstanding authority to request waivers from EPA to protect its residents from dangerous air pollution coming from mobile sources like cars and trucks," EPA Administrator Michael Regan said of the waiver.

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