From Donald Trump’s first day back in office, he vowed to unravel California’s sway over the nation’s auto-emission standards by eliminating the state’s progressive zero-emission mandates. He made good on that promise within the first several months of his second term.

After a series of controversial congressional votes in May, Trump signed legislation that effectively nullified several of California’s auto-emission standards, including the state’s landmark regulation to ban selling new, gas-only cars statewide by 2035.

Several weeks later, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order reaffirming California’s commitment to its emissions goals, and effectively sending state agencies back to the drawing board in light of a newly antagonistic federal government. Their task: to reassert

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