Oct 24, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahoma's AG Gentner Drummond's office announced on Thursday that his office has filed court papers against the White House's electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers. In April, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a rule imposing stringent tailpipe emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles. Drummond says the mandate set in motion pressure for manufacturers to produce more electric trucks and fewer internal combustion trucks. Drummond filed the brief last week alongside 23 other state attorneys general and argued Congress has not had input on the authorization to electrify the nation’s trucking fleet. “The heavy-duty trucking industry moves $30 billion worth of freight every day,” Drummond said. “This outrageous edict, the product of an overzealous environmental agenda, would cause major disruptions and deliver a significant blow to the U.S. economy. Prices would go up on all types of goods and the stability of our electric grid would be in jeopardy.”  Other Headlines Colorado resident files lawsuit against McDonald's after E. coli outbreak One person killed in fiery crash near Lake Hefner Elon Musk offers voters $1 million a day to sign petition. Is that legal? Trump says he'd fire Jack Smith within '2 seconds' of taking office AG Drummond battles Biden-Harris electric mandate Drummond's office says, the proposed EPA rule seeks to increase the current one-tenth of one percent of battery-powered heavy-duty trucks to 45 percent over the next seven years. The brief argues against the electric-truck mandate saying the ongoing policy debate should be left to Congress and the states. Here is a list of the states joining the brief: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas, South Dakota, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. Read the full brief. 
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