The #ExecutiveOrder that #Newsom plans to sign today will direct the #California #Air Resources Board to come up w/new ways to encourage #EV use & reduce #emissions, acc/to the governor’s office. Under it, the #state would prioritize funding for EV rebates & will seek to develop new incentive programs. And it would steer state agencies to purchase fleet vehicles from manufacturers who agree to phase out new #gasoline-powered cars.

#California’s ban on the sale of new #gasoline-powered cars did not apply to used vehicles, so it would not have completely eliminated them from the roads. But voter concerns about the state’s high cost of living gave #Republicans & some #Democrats reason to object to California’s plan, because #EVs tend to cost more than comparable gasoline-powered models.

#California’s ability to set tough #emissions standards dates back to 1970, when heavy #smog clouded the skies of #LosAngeles. Since then, the #state has received dozens of waivers allowing a range of policies to reduce #pollution & #GreenhouseGas emissions. #AirQuality has improved, but remains poor in some regions, particularly in the CentralValley. #State leaders see the transition to #electric #cars as a tool to improve it.

“This is a completely improper use of the #CongressionalReviewAct,” AG Bonta said in an interview. “The Congressional Review Act applies to rules, not to waivers. It’s never been applied to any waiver, ever.”

But the act includes a provision that could stymie #California’s lawsuit, because it prohibits #judicial review of actions passed under the act.

The 1996 act allows lawmakers to overturn rules that have been recently approved by the executive branch with a simple majority vote. #Republicans asserted that the act also allowed #Congress to overturn the #EPA waivers.

The #Senate passed the resolutions over the objections of the nonpartisan Senate #parliamentarian & an #independent #watchdog, which both had ruled that lawmakers lacked the legal authority to revoke the waivers.

& the plan to phase #gasoline-powered cars out has spurred #tech innovations that have boosted #California’s #economy.

“We are suing to stop this latest illegal action by a president who is a wholly owned subsidiary of big polluters,” #Newsom said.

The crux of the lawsuit is expected to be an allegation that #Congress illegally used the Congressional Review Act to pass the resolutions that #Trump signed.

…#California’s lawsuit is expected to challenge the legality of all 3 resolutions, which were the first ever passed by #Congress to revoke CA’s #CleanAirAct waivers.

The #state, with nearly 40M residents, has enormous market power on its own, & 11 other #states had intended to follow CA’s #EV plan. Together, they account for about 40% of the US auto market.…

Anticipating #Trump’s action, #California leaders plan a 2-part response later on Thurs, #state ofcls said. Rob Bonta, the state AG, has said he would file a lawsuit asking a federal judge to overturn the resolutions. And #Newsom intends to direct his admin to develop new rules that encourage the use of #EVs & reward car manufacturers who agree to follow California’s plan to phase out #gasoline-powered vehicles.

Repealing #California’s automobile policy is central to #Trump’s agenda of bolstering the production & use of #FossilFuels in the #US, while eliminating policies that promote #RenewableEnergy & reduce planet-warming #GreenhouseGas #emissions.

Trump’s action reversed a #Biden decision that allowed the #state to require that #EVs make up a progressively larger share of new vehicles sold in California until 2035, when the state would ban the sale of new #gasoline-powered #cars entirely.

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