Attorney General Todd Rokita announced that Indiana and 23 other states have won a battle against a California effort to impose a radical climate agenda on all states by requiring trucking companies operating in California to use electric vehicles in their fleets.
Following pressure applied by Attorney General Rokita and likeminded attorneys general, California dropped its request that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant the state special permission to impose the mandate as part of its “Advanced Clean Fleets” regulation.
“Since the day I took office, we have fought for common sense, free enterprise and the rule of law,” Attorney General Rokita said. “Our efforts are paying off. In Indiana and across the country, liberty and prosperity are on the march while government overreach and climate radicalism are in retreat. But we cannot rest. We will stay relentless in our mission on behalf of all Hoosiers."
The proposed mandate would have forced trucking businesses from ALL states to abide by California’s edict when operating in the Golden State — and it would have applied to trucking companies that operated one truck for as little as one day per year in California.
In a September 2024 letter to the EPA, Attorney General Rokita and others explained the important principles at stake.
“Granting California a preemption waiver,” states the Nebraska-led letter, “would run headlong into the equal sovereignty of the States protected by the Constitution.”