Green Groups Urge EPA to Approve California Clean Cars Waiver

Environmental groups say the EPA must act quickly and approve California’s request to implement its Advanced Clean Cars II program, which a flood of other states recently adopted in a bid to slash emissions from gas-powered cars.

The Environmental Protection Agency will decide in the coming weeks whether to grant California’s request to carry out ACCII, which requires manufacturers to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2035. The agency held a public hearing on Wednesday, and the public comment period ends Feb. 27.

The agency will “determine whether the requirements for obtaining a waiver have been met” once it reviews ...