The incoming Trump administration's focus on boosting oil production and reducing federal incentives for electric vehicles has raised concerns among California environmental advocates. With the state relying on widespread electric vehicle adoption to meet its climate goals, over 60 advocacy groups urged state leaders to invest in active transportation and transit programs. Despite controlling its own transportation funding, California is currently falling short of its climate objectives, with driving levels rebounding back to pre-pandemic numbers, underscoring the urgency to adapt strategies to combat carbon emissions.
He just pulled us out of the Paris Climate Agreement and said 'Drill baby drill,' said Jeanie Ward-Waller, interim director of ClimatePlan, of the new President.
We've (California) built the transportation portion of our Climate plan assuming that we can count on the most ambitious projection for deployment of electric vehicles.
California still controls how the state spends its own transportation dollars, and thus is responsible for meeting its own Climate goals, Ward-Waller continued.
California approved a plan to combat carbon emissions that included reducing driving, not just emissions but driving itself, by 25 percent by 2030.
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