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Dani Anguiano and agency

Biden administration allows California to ban new gas-powered car sales by 2035

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Traffic on highway 101 in San Francisco on 27 November 2024. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Biden administration granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035 in a move that Donald Trump is expected to roll back immediately.

The Environmental Protection Agency said it would grant California’s request for the waivers to allow the state to enforce the proposed rules, the agency announced on Wednesday.

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