Farm Progress America, September 18, 2024

Mike Pearson takes a look at a court brief filed by a broad coalition in a court case to reverse the Biden administration's tailpipe emissions rule which they say is an EV mandate.

September 18, 2024

Farm Progress America, September 18, 2024
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Mike Pearson tells listeners about a new brief filed in a court recently. The coalition behind the brief wants to force the Biden administration to reverse it's tailpipe emissions rules which they say is an EV mandate.

In April, the U.S. EPA enacted the tailpipe emissions rule which was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

At least 68 percent of new cars sold by 2023 are required to be electric vehicles, which is part of Biden's mandate.

This push is part of the Biden's administration to cut carbon emissions.

However, the rule is facing opposition from a wide variety of industries, not just ag. In total, 56 industries or organizations are named in the brief including the National Farmer's Union and the American Farm Bureau.

The brief also states that the administration overstepped the bounds by basically mandating electric vehicles instead of looking at real world clean energy solutions-- specifically biofuels.

While the biofuel industry believes in Biden's goals, the brief says the current rule disregards the biofuel standards set by Congress.

The brief also says that even electric vehicles have carbon emissions when they are being charged so nothing is free of carbon emissions.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Mike Pearson, farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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