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California Ponders Ban on Piston Power
The state of California says it probably can’t meet its own targets for slashing carbon dioxide emissions 80% by 2050 without an outright ban on internal combustion engines.
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The state of California says it probably can’t meet its own targets for slashing carbon dioxide emissions 80% by 2050 without an outright ban on internal combustion engines.
Mary Nichols, who head the California Air Resources Board, tells Bloomberg News that Gov. Jerry Brown strongly favors the prohibition. Similar plans have been announced by China, France and the U.K.
Nichols says a California ban, which would require replacing carbon fuel combustion with renewable energy, by 2040 or 2050.
California has power under the federal 1970 Clean Air Act to set its own emission standards through waivers granted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Nichols acknowledges that EPA isn’t likely to agree to an outright ban on piston power by the state. But she says California could use vehicle registration rules or other state-level measures to enforce such a policy.
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