EPA Reels In A Defiant California, REVOKES The Right To Set Emissions Standards

The Trump administration said on Thursday it is revoking California's authority to set its own auto tailpipe emissions standards and to require some zero-emission vehicles -- a decision that will spark a massive legal battle over the future of U.S. vehicles and the most populous state's regulatory role.

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement the decision will ensure nationwide rules that provide "much-needed regulatory certainty for the automotive industry." Currently, California's more stringent vehicle emissions rules are also followed by a dozen other states that account for than 40 percent of U.S. vehicle sales.

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rockreid - 9/19/2019 3:42:13 PM

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I never again want to hear from Republicans ANYTHING regarding “state’s rights.”

Never.

MDarringer - 9/19/2019 6:49:15 PM

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CTRL + V idiocy

valhallakey - 9/20/2019 1:47:46 AM

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Total hypocrites on that whole thing... among many others. I saw a survey the other day of the Evangelicals, they have been asking the same question since the whole Clinton thing and only like 30% would forgive Bush or Obama for an affair and now it is like 78% for Trump. It is totally about whose ox is getting gored, nothing to do with principle. California does have a unique climate along the coast with the mountains to the west and inversions trapping the pollution, and thus have a need for different emissions standards. This is exactly why California has been allowed to do this for a quite some time. Trump/the right only want to do it because they hate most of California as it exists today and the state does not vote Republican too often lately. You want some massive hate towards California go read some of the right wing blogs...

CarCrazedinCali - 9/19/2019 4:26:10 PM

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The EPA, like Trump, is a joke now

MDarringer - 9/19/2019 6:49:30 PM

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CTRL + V idiocy

MDarringer - 9/19/2019 6:48:46 PM

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California needed to have the bitch slapping it got. This was well deserved. The regime in Sacramento cannot have the power to dictate law to the nation.

valhallakey - 9/20/2019 1:50:06 AM

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Total misrepresentation. How is California dictating anything to any other state other than California? You cannot tell me because California cannot do that thus anything you say otherwise is just BS.