Posted on 08/30/2022 12:58:55 PM PDT by Ebenezer
California’s newly-announced rule barring the sale of new gas-powered cars in 2035 will apply to Virginia as well under the terms of a 2021 state law, Attorney General Jason Miyares’s (R) office confirmed to The Hill on Monday.
In 2021, the state General Assembly, where Democrats then held majorities in both chambers, passed a law requiring the state to adopt the same automobile standards as those adopted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Although Democrats lost their majority in the state House of Delegates in 2021, efforts to repeal the legislation in this year’s legislative session were unsuccessful.
California’s new rule, passed last week, will also apply to Virginia, Miyares spokesperson Victoria LaCivita confirmed to The Hill. The news was first reported by The Virginia Mercury.
“The Attorney General is hopeful that the General Assembly repeals this law and discontinues any trend that makes Virginia more like California,” LaCivita told The Hill in an email. “Unelected California bureaucrats should not be dictating the will of Virginians.”
Virginia is one of 15 states that have adopted an earlier CARB standard that imposes stricter tailpipe emissions standards than the federal rule.
The rule on new gas-powered vehicles does not apply to used cars or restrict the use of existing gas-powered cars. Under the terms of the 2021 law, the California rule would not take effect until 2024, giving Republicans in the legislature at least one more chance to attempt repeal, particularly if they take the state Senate in 2023.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has vowed to prevent the rule from taking effect in Virginia, saying in a statement Friday, “I am already at work to prevent this ridiculous edict from being forced on Virginians.” Although Democrats retain a single-vote edge in the state Senate, Sen. Joe Morrissey (D) has been known to buck his colleagues on votes.
California has frequently spearheaded state-level action to reduce auto emissions, a major driver of climate change. Several other states have already announced their intentions to comply with the new rule.
Despite the stricter regulations, many automakers have been broadly receptive to phasing out internal combustion vehicles while increasing production of electric vehicles. The lobbying group the Virginia Auto Dealers Association was a vocal backer of the 2021 law, and praised the new requirement as well.
“Virginia’s new car dealers are embracing the future of electric vehicles. VADA dealer members supported the adoption of the ZEV standards as part of the state’s commitment to fostering EV adoption, along with charging infrastructure and EV purchase incentives,” President and CEO Don Hall said in a statement. “The state must step up and do its part with all the related policies, in addition to these standards.”
Pass a new law?
Not yet, anyways.......................
Virginia is for Monkeypox Lovers
Let’s pull some anti-trust stuff and break California up.
Why is any one state bound by any other state to do anything?
“The Attorney General is hopeful that the General Assembly repeals this law and discontinues any trend that makes Virginia more like California,”
...this would suck. I live in VA. If they can’t do something I’m gone.
Donkeypox lovers, too.
Amazing how hard it is for the Donkeypoxers to steal elections when they're being watched [Youngkin and Sears].
Yeah, that’s smart.
Sorry. Foot needs to go down here.
if california wants to jump off the cliff, so be it... why link virginia’s fate to the fruits and nuts of california.
One seat short in the Senate I think. They stole a close one from teh GOP to keep control.
“The Attorney General is hopeful that the General Assembly repeals this law and discontinues any trend that makes Virginia more like California,” LaCivita told The Hill in an email. “Unelected California bureaucrats should not be dictating the will of Virginians.”
Gee, I can’t figure out how to fix this problem. Duh....
Because that was the way they voted for it?
It may even be anti Virginia constitutional.
Why would the prog be going on about barring the sale of new gas-powered cars in 2035 when the world is going to collapse in 10 years or so?
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So the Virginia General Assembly, while under democrat control, passed a law making Virginia subject to the rules made by an unelected board 3000 miles away that is appointed by the governor of another state. How is such an abrogation of state constitutional duty even possible?
A citizens initiative Mandating all public employee’s and any other person receiving any taxpayer funds from using, owning or possessing ANY item powered by an Internal Combustion Engine, with Severe Criminal Penalties and allows for any Citizen to Sue for damages in the amount of $100,000 per item or occurrence.. in perpetuity
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