FIRST ON FOX: California has agreed to drop its Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) mandates dictating stringent emissions standards for big rigs, following a year-long court battle with an anti-regulations group whose legal arm is led by former Attorney General William Barr.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Air Resources Board (CARB) executive Steven Cliff agreed in court documents filed Friday to withdraw their ACF mandates, leading the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce (AmFree) to drop its legal challenge.
In a document signed by Obama-appointed federal Judge Troy Nunley and obtained by Fox News Digital, Cliff and Bonta agreed to present a repeal proposal for the ACF requirements in a public hearing no later than Oct. 31. They also agreed not to retroactively enforce any such regulations.
While a timeline in the court filing cited California had applied for an environmental waiver from the Biden administration in 2023, AmFree originally sued on ground that Sacramentos regulations violated the Clean Air Act because a waiver was never obtained.
The regulations had been in effect since 2024, directing trucking firms to rapidly transition fleets from diesel to zero-emission vehicles.
At the time, Barr called the move a "threat to our American free enterprise" and suggested the restrictions would lead to "negligible" environmental benefits at best while causing negative economic repercussions.
"This ruling is the final nail in the coffin of Californias crazy attempt to eliminate the traditional trucking sector, and yet another example of Gavin Newsoms complete failure in California," said AmFree CEO Gentry Collins.
"Even after the American public resoundingly voted to steer the country in a new direction last November, liberal states like California are hellbent on implementing a green agenda that consumers dont want and technology cannot support," said Collins, a former Iowa GOP official.
"AmFree will remain vigilant, holding blue states to account for their misguided crusade that defies common sense and flies in the face of consumer choice and freedom, and ensuring that completely failed politicians like Gavin Newsom eager to run away from their liberal records are reminded of the disastrous policies that occurred on their watch."
The group positions itself as a more free-market alternative to the pro-business stalwart U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
One major regional trucking outfit celebrated the news, telling Fox News Digital that firms across the country had a shared interest in seeing Californias mandates be reversed.
"Here in Alabama and also across America, we stand up every day for our members to defend free enterprise and stand against failed policies from states like California ," said Alabama Trucking Association CEO Mark Colson.
"Were proud to unite with AmFree and our allies on the ground in California to accomplish shared goals and get our economy roaring again."
The nixing of the regs is only the latest in several sudden reversals of green mandates, as Congress has overturned at least three Biden-era EPA waivers that were officially granted to California to allow it to self-regulate its own emissions standards.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, praised the rollback of Californias clean-cars mandate as a win to "protect American workers and consumers from radical and drastic policy."
"The impact of Californias waiver would have been felt across the country, harming multiple sectors of our economy and costing hundreds of thousands of jobs in the process," Moore Capito said.
The big-rig regulations had required operators of several types of fleets to begin transitioning to zero-emissions tractor-trailers.
Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom, Bonta and CARB for comment.
FOX新闻独家报道：加利福尼亚州同意放弃其《高级清洁车队（ACF）》法规，该法规规定了大型卡车严格的排放标准，这一决定是在与由前司法部长威廉·巴尔（William Barr）领导的反对监管的团体进行了一年多的法律斗争后作出的。
加利福尼亚州总检察长罗布·邦塔 (Rob Bonta) 和加利福尼亚州空气资源委员会 (CARB) 执行官史蒂文·克利夫 (Steven Cliff) 在周五提交的法庭文件中同意撤销其ACF命令，导致美国自由企业商会 (AmFree) 放弃其法律挑战。
在由奥巴马任命的联邦法官特洛伊·纳利（Troy Nunley）签署的文件中，福克斯新闻数字频道获得了该文件，克里夫和邦塔（Cliff and Bonta）同意在10月31日或之前在公开听证会上提出废除ACF要求的提案。他们还同意不追溯执行任何此类规定。
在法院的提交文件中引用的时间线显示，加州曾在2023年向拜登政府申请环境豁免，而AmFree最初起诉的依据是萨克拉门托的法规违反了《清洁空气法》，因为从未获得过豁免权。
自2024年起，这些法规开始生效，指导卡车公司迅速将其车队从柴油车转向零排放车辆。
当时，巴尔（Barr）将此举称为“对美国自由企业的威胁”，并表示这些限制最多只能带来“微不足道”的环境效益，而同时会带来负面的经济后果。
这一裁决是对加利福尼亚州企图消除传统卡车运输行业的疯狂尝试的致命一击，也是加文·纽瑟姆在加利福尼亚州全面失败的又一例证。
即使在去年11月，美国民众以压倒性多数投票决定将国家引向新的方向后，像加利福尼亚这样的自由州仍一心一意地推行一个消费者不想要、技术也无法支持的绿色议程。
AmFree将继续保持警惕，对蓝色州进行问责，对其违背常识、无视消费者选择和自由的错误行动进行清算，并确保像加文·纽瑟姆（Gavin Newsom）这样完全失败的政客，急于摆脱其自由主义记录的政客，能被提醒他们在任期间发生的灾难性政策。
该组织将自己定位为更自由市场的一个选择，以对抗支持商业的美国商会这一坚固的堡垒。
一家主要的区域性卡车运输公司对这一消息表示庆祝，并告诉福克斯新闻数字台，全国各地的公司都希望看到加利福尼亚州的强制措施被撤销。
阿拉巴马卡车协会（Alabama Trucking Association）首席执行官马克·科尔森（Mark Colson）表示：“在阿拉巴马州，也遍及全美，我们每天都会站出来，为我们的会员辩护，捍卫自由企业，并抵制像加利福尼亚州这样的州所实施的失败政策。
我们很自豪地与AmFree以及我们在加利福尼亚的盟友们团结一致，共同实现共同目标，让我们的经济再次蓬勃发展。
对法规的废除只是对绿色政策突然逆转的最新一例，因为国会已经推翻了至少三项拜登时期的环保局豁免权，这些豁免权正式授予加利福尼亚州，允许其自行监管自身的排放标准。
参议员谢莉·摩尔·卡皮托（R-W.Va.）作为参议院环境和公共工程委员会主席，对加利福尼亚州清洁汽车强制令的撤销表示赞赏，称其为“保护美国工人和消费者免受激进和极端政策之害”的胜利。
加利福尼亚州豁免的影响将波及全国，损害我们经济的多个部门，并在此过程中导致数十万工作岗位的流失。
大型卡车规定要求各种类型的车队运营商开始向零排放的拖车过渡。
福克斯新闻数字媒体向纽瑟姆、邦塔和加州空气资源委员会（CARB）寻求评论。
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