Gavin Newsom has put California in a Doom Loop. Now he is working, even without being President, to put the nation in a Doom Loop.
“The other states claim that Advanced Clean Fleets “masquerades as a rule for in-state conduct. But by leveraging California’s large population and access to international ports on the West Coast, Advanced Clean Fleets exports its “in-state” ban nationwide, creating harms which are certain to reach Plaintiffs’ States.”
The lawsuit posits that the regulations will force trucks to retire their internal combustion-powered engines because California will not allow them on the state’s roads. With California’s international ports being a hub for much of the nation’s imports, exports and commerce, this, the lawsuit says, could disrupt the supply chain, slow transport of goods, and raise prices.
The lawsuit says that while California can regulate emissions, they cannot regulate the emissions of vehicles moving from state-to-state without the approval of Congress under the Congressional Commerce Clause.
Under the Newsom rule a truck from Iowa or Michigan can not come into California unless it is electric! So, he is forcing trucking companies and manufacturers to used expensive EV trucks, unreliable and take a long time to recharge, or not sell in California.
States sue California over zero-emission trucking regulation
KCRA, 5/13/24 https://www.kcra.com/article/states-sue-california-over-zero-emission-trucking-regulation/60789650
States say California’s regs will cause delays and price increases.
Sixteen states, along with the Legislature for the state of Arizona, are suing the head of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Attorney General Rob Bonta over emissions regulations pushed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
States from Nebraska to West Virginia have joined the suit claiming that California’s “Advanced Clean Fleets” regulations are an attempt to override federal law and “arrogate to itself the power to ban internal-combustion engines in medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.”
The regulations stem from an executive order Newsom signed in 2020 that made a goal of zero-emission vehicles being the only ones sold in California by 2035. It added semis and trucks with a goal of 2045 having only zero-emission freight carriers on California highways.
The other states claim that Advanced Clean Fleets “masquerades as a rule for in-state conduct. But by leveraging California’s large population and access to international ports on the West Coast, Advanced Clean Fleets exports its “in-state” ban nationwide, creating harms which are certain to reach Plaintiffs’ States.”
The lawsuit posits that the regulations will force trucks to retire their internal combustion-powered engines because California will not allow them on the state’s roads. With California’s international ports being a hub for much of the nation’s imports, exports and commerce, this, the lawsuit says, could disrupt the supply chain, slow transport of goods, and raise prices.
The lawsuit says that while California can regulate emissions, they cannot regulate the emissions of vehicles moving from state-to-state without the approval of Congress under the Congressional Commerce Clause.
The states are asking the court to preempt implementation of the Advanced Clean Fleets regulations. They also want an injunction to prevent the state from enforcing or implementing the regulations.
