Climate Change
Youngkin Pledges to Decouple Virginia from California Vehicle Emissions Standards by End of 2024
A 2021 law passed by the Virginia General Assembly tied the state to California’s more stringent vehicle emissions standards. But does it apply to an even stricter pathway adopted by California in 2022?
RICHMOND, Va.—Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has pledged to return Virginia to federal vehicle emissions standards, three years after the state’s Democratic-led legislature passed a law committing the state to follow more stringent emissions rules set by California.
Youngkin Pledges to Decouple Virginia from California Vehicle Emissions Standards by End of 2024