Attorneys general from 25 states criticized Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its proposed rule pushing a move to electric vehicles, which the AGs called “a top-to-bottom attempt to restructure the automobile industry.” The letter was sent as part of the public comment process on the EPA rule, which closed on Wednesday.
In May, the EPA released the proposed rule, “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles,” which the agency says is intended to tighten “emissions standards for light-duty passenger cars and light trucks and Class 2b and 3 vehicles.” The rule proposal came in response to President Joe Biden’s executive order in December 2021, which laid out America’s duty to “lead the world” in adopting the types of vehicles favored by climate zealots “by setting a goal that 50 percent of all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in 2030 be zero-emission vehicles, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles.”
As the attorneys general note, EPA’s rule proposal is a brazen attempt to grow the agency’s power under the Clean Air Act by forcing car makers to wildly expand electric vehicle manufacturing while cutting back production of gas-powered automobiles. Its consequences would extend far beyond the auto-manufacturing industry, however. The AGs say the rule would not only hurt our economy, but it would also burden our power grids and the businesses and people that rely on them, and compromise our national security.
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