California is officially taking action by reducing its carbon footprint

On April 13, California’s clean-air regulators publicized their plan to completely ban gasoline-fueled vehicles by 2035. This proposal, if enacted, promises to ramp up electric car sales so the majority of California residents are driving electric vehicles within the next thirteen years.

This proposal made by the California Air Resources Board will require 35 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the state of California to be powered by either hydrogen or batteries by 2026. CARB additionally proposes 100 percent of new car sales to produce zero emissions less than half a decade later.

As fossil fuel emissions are primarily responsible for climate change and polluted air in California, CARB’s plan to completely ban gasoline-fueled vehicles by 2035 would eliminate 40 percent of carbon emissions in the state.

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