President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks Thursday, May 21, 2020, at the Ford Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. (Official White House photo by Tia Dufour)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order that demands "100%" of in-state sales of new passenger cars and trucks will be zero-emission by 2035."
He's conceded that he won't be taking away from consumers their millions of existing gas-powered cars and trucks, and will even allow those to be resold on the used market.
But nothing new will have a gas engine, he announced.
According to iHeart Media, Newsom "has claimed for months that the large wildfires in the state this year are the result of climate change, and he's pledged from the time he was sworn into office to take aggressive action to address the problem."
"This is the most impactful step our state can take to fight climate change," he said. "For too many decades, we have allowed cars to pollute the air that our children and families breathe. Californians shouldn't have to worry if our cars are giving our kids asthma. Our cars shouldn't make wildfires worse – and create more days filled with smoky air. Cars shouldn't melt glaciers or raise sea levels threatening our cherished beaches and coastlines."
Actually experts have documented that the wildfires are so horrendous because of years of suppressing blazes that would have otherwise cleaned out foliage, small trees, dense undergrowth and more.
Those all, dried out in the current drought, are fueling the catastrophic blazes.
The Washington Examiner said Newsom, a Democrat, also is trying to boost his state's economy, because it has a long list of manufacturers of electric vehicles, or their components.
Newsom praised Ford specifically for advancing the political cause of electric vehicles.
But he criticized several other automakers, including Fiat Chrysler, General Motors and Toyota, who are siding with the administration of President Trump in fighting California's tailpipe exhaust standards.
The report said the California Air Resources Board will create a new set of government rules that require new passenger car and truck sales involve only zero-emissions vehicles by 2035.
The state also plans, under Newsom's plan, to develop "A Zero-Emissions Vehicle Market Development Strategy" by 2021.
Newsom detailed: "To support the transition away from fossil fuels consistent with the goals established in this order and California's goal to achieve carbon neutrality by no later than 2045, the California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Natural Resources Agency, in consultation with other states, local and federal agencies, shall expedite regulatory processes to repurpose and transition upstream and downstream oil production facilities, while supporting community participation, labor standards, and protection of public health, safety and the environment."
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