This week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made the decision to reinstate an earlier Clean Air Act waiver that will allow California to set its own individual emissions requirement and Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandates. This comes as no surprise since the Biden Administration has made it clear about its direction on policies related to climate change.
California was stripped of the official ability to continue making its own clean air decisions due to a rule put in place by former President Trump. As Automotive News points out, California is the largest car market in the US, as well as the fifth-largest economy on a global scale.
