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I appreciate clean emissions, but I’m skeptical this will happen in 13 years time. Are there similarly ambitious programs that have worked in CA’s past?
by eric-hu 3y ago
I appreciate clean emissions, but I’m skeptical this will happen in 13 years time. Are there similarly ambitious programs that have worked in CA’s past?
- mikeyouse 3y agoThe reason nationwide emissions are as good as they are is because CARB is massively influential. Famously from a few years ago, Trump tried to make it illegal for states to set their own emissions standards because CARB's goals were much more aggressive than the auto manufacturers and other lobbyists preferred. https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/18/20872304/trump-california-emissions-pollution-rollback-waiver-clean-air-act https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/18/20872304/trump-california... They also were the first governing body to investigate VW's diesel 'defeat device'; https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/business/volkswagen-diesel-emissions-timeline.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/business/volkswagen...