Postcard from California: Despite strict regulations, the state still has the nation’s dirtiest air

Postcard from California: Despite strict regulations, the state still has the nation’s dirtiest air

In the years after World War II, the smog in Los Angeles was so thick that at times people could see no farther than three blocks. Despite efforts to limit emissions from power plants and oil refineries, the eye-burning, lung-choking blanket of smog remained. Then, in the 1950s, groundbreaking research by a biochemistry professor at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Arie Haagen-Smit, determined that the main culprit was automobile exha…

35 House Democrats Join Republicans to Kill Biden’s Preposterous EV Targets

The end of California's grip on US EV policy is nearly over!

Maryland House Republicans Applaud Congressional Action To Repeal Ban On Sale Of Gas-Powered Cars - The BayNet

Note: This press release was provided by the Maryland House Republican CaucusANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland House Republicans today applauded the actions of the United States House of Representatives in their passage of House Joint Resolution 87 (HJR 87) and House Joint Resolution 88 (HJR 88), which will withdraw the California waivers to the Clean Air Act, ending the coming ban on the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles in California and other states,…

Bipartisan House Vote Blocks California’s 2035 Gas Car Ban

By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | May 01, 2025 The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to repeal a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency waiver that allowed California to ban the selling of new gasoline-powered passenger vehicles by 2035. The vote was 246-to-164, with 35 Democrats…

Fossil Gas Automotive Ban BLOCKED

A month earlier than exiting the workplace, Joe Biden inserted a measure allowing California to ban gas-powered autos by 2035. Fortunately, the measure was overturned with bipartisan assist in a 246 to 164 vote, with 35 Democrats breaking with get together traces to overrule the ban. Home Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., mentioned, “There isn’t any cause the novel local weather insurance policies of California ought to regulate the whole Americ…