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California’s Looming ‘Green New Car Wreck’

September 30, 2020 11:32 amOctober 1, 2020 1:57 pm

On September 23, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that will ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars in the Golden State by 2035. Ignoring the hard lessons of this past summer, when California’s solar- and wind-reliant electric grid...

EPA Chief Calls Into Question Legality Of Gov. Newsom’s Zero Emission Order

September 29, 2020 8:39 pm

On Monday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler called into question the legality of Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order issued last week that would make all passenger car sales be zero emission in California by 2035. In a letter...

Responses to Gov. Newsom’s Executive Order Banning Gas-Powered Cars

September 24, 2020 7:57 amSeptember 24, 2020 8:03 am

“If you like your car, you can keep your car” may become the big government fib of 2020. While you may be able to keep your existing gas-powered car in California, any new car purchased after 2035 will have to...

Gov. Newsom Orders Phase-Out of Gas-Powered Vehicles

September 23, 2020 12:46 pmSeptember 23, 2020 12:46 pm

With Climate Week 2020 events underway in California this week, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035 and “additional measures to eliminate harmful emissions from the transportation sector.” The...

Wildfires and Rolling Blackouts: CA Democrat Lawmakers Pushing Electric Vehicles

August 24, 2020 8:44 amAugust 24, 2020 10:01 am

With wildfires burning 1.3 million acres throughout the state, and rolling power blackouts from the weak electrical grid, the California State Senate Appropriations Committee voted to pass Assembly Bill 326 to make driving an Electric Vehicle “more accessible for all...

RECAP: AB 1424, The Bill That Would Help Set Car Charging Station Payment Options

September 25, 2019 2:07 amSeptember 24, 2019 7:08 pm

After years of uncertainty, AB 1424 would set standards on how to pay for electric vehicle charges. What is it? Assembly Bill 1424. AB 1424 would standardize how payments work at electric charging stations. By 2021, all electric charging stations...

California’s Renewables Mandate Sets an Impossible Example for the World

February 14, 2019 2:03 amFebruary 14, 2019 12:26 pm

“We will never waver on achieving the nation’s most ambitious clean energy goals.” – Excerpt from Gavin Newsom’s State of the State Address, January 12, 2019 California has long been proclaiming itself the leader in fighting “climate change,” and incoming...