Gracious goodness, this had to be something of a Green grift gut punch. The New England states, particularly those wild-eyed, unpredictable Mainers, are always ripe for a good “save the world” scheme. I know certain parties felt this was destined to be yet another.
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) met yesterday for a long-awaited – and highly controversial – final round of arguments and vote on a state-wide electric vehicle mandate. The proposed regulation was modeled on California’s draconian ICE to EV statute.
Maine environmental regulators are set to decide whether the state will join a growing number of states adopting new standards designed to grow the use of electric vehicles.
The rules, which originated in California, would require an increasing percentage of new light-duty vehicles to be zero emission vehicles every year. The new standards would start with…
