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2023-09-25 Government Corruption
In California, More 'Green' Grifting
by Clarice Feldman

[ThePipeline] You have to hand it to the greenies. They understood if they could capture California, they could impose their nonsensical energy use restrictions countrywide.. And that’s precisely what they did and continue to do, to the detriment of the state’s citizens (Los Angeles gas prices now average over $6 a gallon, a real burden for those who must commute long distances) and the rest of the country as well.

Probably their greatest victory was leveraging California’s purchasing power to compel auto makers to comply with the state’s stringent tailpipe emissions standards for new cars. These standards exceeded those required nationwide by the Clean Air Act. California’s Advanced Clean Cars program was allowed to continue despite its departure from standards nationwide only because there was a provision in the act – the California Waiver – which permitted the state to set its own standards.

Given the huge auto market in the state, auto manufacturers adopted these expensive measures on all cars sold throughout the country, in effect, allowing the California legislature—not Congress—to set the national standard. The Trump administration rescinded the waiver but more recently President Biden directed the Environmental Protection Agency and the Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reconsider the rescission of the California waiver. Seventeen states have sued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia contesting EPA’s decision to reinstate the waiver.

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#1 Eventually, it will make business sense to import through Alaska.
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