SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, California Environmental Voters (EnviroVoters) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moving to illegally overturn two of California’s Clean Air Waivers, the At-Berth and Commercial Harbor Craft regulations, using the Congressional Review Act (CRA). This comes off the heels of the EPA moving to illegally repeal four other waivers just last month when seventeen other states have adopted California’s landmark clean transportation laws.
Statement from Shannon Olivieri Hovis, Chief Strategy Officer, California Environmental Voters:
“For decades, California has led the nation by adopting stronger, health-based transportation standards to tackle our state’s severe air pollution — and it’s worked. We’ve become the gold standard for protecting public health. These two standards alone are expected to cut cancer risk in half in the coming decades. Now, the Trump Administration is selling off our clean air to protect corporate polluters’ bottom line. If there was ever a time for California congressional and state leaders to stand shoulder to shoulder in defense of our state’s clean air leadership, it’s now.”
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