Trump's EPA puts California in its crosshairs with its proposed car rules

Documents supporting the EPA’s plan to roll back vehicle emission standards reference California by name nearly 30 times.

For more than 50 years, California has had special authority from the EPA to set strict tailpipe emission standards.

The agency’s own analysis indicates that without California’s leadership and tax credits created under President Biden, national adoption of electric vehicles will decline and gasoline prices will increase.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent proposal to repeal its own 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health marks a major U-turn for the nation’s climate progress. While it’s impact will be felt nationwide, the plan takes direct aim at California.

In supporting documents released in the wake of Tuesday’s prop