Senate moves to unshackle America's drivers from California's 'climate zealots'
FIRST ON FOX: Senate Republicans are launching a multi-front effort targeting the legal framework they say allows California to exert outsized influence over vehicle and equipment emissions standards beyond its borders, creating economic and consumer consequences.Republicans argue California has become the nation's de facto emissions regulator — as manufacturers rarely create separate product lines for the Golden State and instead are inclined to build to California’s standards, creating implicit national requirements.Sen. — a top member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) — is leading the effort alongside Sens.
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FIRST ON FOX: Senate Republicans are launching a multi-front effort targeting the legal framework they say allows California to exert outsized influence over vehicle and equipment emissions standards beyond its borders, creating economic and consumer consequences.Republicans argue California has become the nation's de facto emissions regulator — as manufacturers rarely create separate product lines for the Golden State and instead are inclined to build to California’s standards, creating implicit national requirements.Sen. — a top member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) — is leading the effort alongside Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Jon Husted, R-Ohio, and Pete Ricketts, R-Neb. They argue EPA waivers granted to California during the Obama and Biden administrations under the Clean Air Act have turned narrow environmental exceptions into de facto climate regulation advancing the state's sweeping climate agenda."California's climate zealots have run roughshod over the rest of the country for too long," Lummis told Fox News Digital.CALIFORNIA SUES TRUMP EPA OVER MOVE TO SUBJECT STATE VEHICLE EMISSIONS WAIVERS TO CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW"Under Governor Newsom, Sacramento has decided it can dictate what Wyoming families drive and what equipment our small businesses use.
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- FIRST ON FOX: Senate Republicans are launching a multi-front effort targeting the legal framework they say allows California to exert outsized influence over vehicle and equipment emissions standards beyond its borders, creating economic and consumer consequences.Republicans argue California has become the nation's de facto emissions regulator — as manufacturers rarely create separate product lines for the Golden State and instead are inclined to build to California’s standards, creating implicit national requirements.Sen. — a top member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) — is leading the effort alongside Sens.
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Senate moves to unshackle America's drivers from California's 'climate zealots'
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