The Senate totaled California’s signature climate change policy — mandating new cars sold be electric by 2035 — in a 51-44 vote Thursday morning. Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately vowed to sue to keep California’s emission standards in place.

Opponents of SB 607 argue that the bill would gut California's landmark environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act, and undermine protections that have safeguarded communities for over half a century,

California is preparing to sue the federal government to recover its right to set vehicle emissions standards, Rob Bonta, the state’s attorney general, told TechCrunch in a statement.

Thursday’s Senate vote to block California’s ban on sales of gas cars is the latest GOP effort to stop state climate policies.

In a secretive rapid-fire process Friday, the lawmakers rapidly dispatched bills that would cost the state money – everything from expanding health care to creating tougher rules on ticket sales.

California is fighting back a day after the U.S. Senate voted to put the brakes on the state's clean vehicle policies.

The Trump administration says it isn't connected to Project 2025. But the administration has already accomplished about 70% of Project 2025's environment-related recommendations.