{"id":17722,"date":"2024-10-22T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=17722"},"modified":"2024-10-22T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T22:22:30","slug":"attorney-general-labrador-files-brief-to-stop-biden-harris-administrations-electric-truck-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/attorney-general-labrador-files-brief-to-stop-biden-harris-administrations-electric-truck-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Labrador Files Brief to Stop Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s Electric-Truck Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>[BOISE]<\/strong> &#8211; Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador and a coalition of 23 other states filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to stop the Biden-Harris Administration from imposing an electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers in <em>Nebraska v. EPA<\/em>. &nbsp;This coalition has joined the suit alongside Nebraska as petitioners to challenge the new rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, the federal Environmental and Protection Agency (EPA) published a rule imposing stringent tailpipe emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles that effectively force manufacturers to produce more electric trucks and fewer internal-combustion trucks. The Attorneys General argued that EPA\u2019s electric-truck mandate raises a \u201cmajor question\u201d that Congress has not clearly authorized EPA to decide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce again, the Biden-Harris administration is superseding their constitutional authority in a short-sighted pursuit of their green agenda,\u201d said Attorney General Labrador.&nbsp; \u201cThey are making laws and standards which are the sole purview of Congress.&nbsp; This kind of reckless rulemaking will damage our national economy, infrastructure, and resiliency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brief points out that just one-tenth of one percent (0.10%) of all heavy-duty trucks sold today are powered by a battery, but that EPA\u2019s rule would increase that number to 45 percent in less than a decade away. That massive shift in the nation\u2019s trucking and logistics industries will slow down transportation of essential goods, stress the electric grid, and raise prices for Americans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brief also argues that EPA has never before forced manufacturers to produce heavy-duty electric vehicles and that allowing the electric-truck mandate to stand would short circuit the ongoing policy debate that should be left to Congress and the States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Attorney General Labrador, attorneys general from the following States joined the suit against the Biden Administration: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, South Dakota, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[BOISE] &#8211; Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador and a coalition of 23 other states filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. 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