California can set rules on electric vehicles, emissions -US EPA

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WASHINGTON : The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday restored the state of California's ability to set its own zero emission vehicle sales mandate and tailpipe emissions limits, reversing a 2019 decision by then President Donald Trump.The agency said it was finalizing a decision to rei

WASHINGTON : The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday restored the state of California's ability to set its own zero emission vehicle sales mandate and tailpipe emissions limits, reversing a 2019 decision by then President Donald Trump.

"With today’s action, we reinstate an approach that for years has helped advance clean technologies and cut air pollution for people not just in California, but for the U.S. as a whole," EPA Administrator Michael Regan said. California Governor Gavin Newsom said the move remedies the Trump administration's"groundless ​attack on a critical program that is based on California's decades ​of experience setting emissions standards as authorized by law."

 

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