State regulators said the measures would probably have been rejected by the Trump administration and that they would focus on homegrown legal strategies instead.
More car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.
The United Automobile Workers union asked a federal labor regulator to conduct an election at a factory Ford jointly owns with a South Korean battery company.
Climate issues are fueling the cost-of-living crisis, especially for the poor and working class.
The newly elected Speaker said the party would make it a priority to “restore America’s energy dominance.”
President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector to renewable energy and electric vehicles.
Jigar Shah and Robinson Meyer discuss how the decarbonization rollout can continue during the second Trump administration.
California and 11 other states want to halt the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to try to stop them.
The Energy Department’s $400 billion program to support electric vehicles, batteries and other low emissions technology is hustling to get money out the door.
The state’s Democratic leaders had announced within days of the election that they would meet early this month on plans to defend California’s liberal policies.