Alex Nieves
California Climate Reporter at POLITICO
@POLITICO California transportation reporter | send story ideas to [email protected]
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3 days ago |
politico.com | Alex Nieves |Debra Kahn |Camille von Kaenel
State lawmakers are targeting California’s climate and pollution regulations in the name of gas prices. A group of Senate Democrats wants to overhaul California's gasoline regulations. | Jeff Chiu/AP SACRAMENTO, California — President Donald Trump is threatening California’s marquee carbon-trading program. But it’s in-state Democrats who are taking aim at the state’s other emissions market for transportation fuels.
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1 week ago |
subscriber.politicopro.com | Alex Nieves
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1 week ago |
laist.com | Alex Nieves
State of play: California has for decades relied on a unique carveout under the federal Clean Air Act to set stricter emissions and pollution rules, in an attempt to reach lofty climate goals and reduce the country’s worst smog in the Los Angeles area and the Central Valley. But Republicans, car manufacturers and oil companies have more recently opposed that authority, arguing that California — and the dozen or so blue states that follow its lead — are essentially creating nationwide regulations.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Alex Nieves
With help from Camille von Kaenel President Donald Trump made it official. Now what? | Alex Brandon/AP THE DAY AFTER: It’s getting hotter in Los Angeles — and we’re not talking about ICE raids or wildfires. President Donald Trump on Thursday killed California’s vehicle emissions rules, designed to reduce emissions and pollution in smoggy regions like SoCal, delivering on his Day 1 executive order to quickly roll back electric vehicle mandates around the country.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Alex Nieves
The battle over California’s authority to set vehicle emissions standards will now head to the courts. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, left, and President Donald Trump speak to reporters near a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025, in Washington.
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