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California Air Resources Board Affirms Newsom’s 2035 Zero-Emission Fantasy

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:19 am
by claireokc
Commentary On April 12, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) continued Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fantasy of banning all gas- and diesel-powered vehicle sales by 2035. It published a notice of a June 9 public hearing “to consider the proposed Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) rulemaking.” The main purpose: “The proposed regulations will increase the stringency of existing regulations to … transition new light-duty vehicle sales in California to 100 percent zero-emission by 2035.” That’s the same as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2020 Executive Order. This is an old story in California. CARB’s first ZEV regulation from 1990 mandated 2 percent of sales be ZEVs by 1998 and 10 percent by 2003. It produced close to zero results because the technology wasn’t near ready. ...

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/californi ... 02344.html