Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Thursday introduced legislation that would derail efforts by Democrat states to institute zero-emission trains.
“I am derailing another Green New Deal mandate coming down the tracks,” Ernst told Breitbart News in a written statement.
“We have to keep California’s crazy train ideas from leaving the station. Railroads play a critical role in transporting the goods that our farmers produce and that we rely on every day, and the idea of zero-emission trains is completely off the rails,” she continued.
Ernst introduced the Lifting Overburdensome Commerce Obstructions and Motives (LOCOMOTIVES) Act to bar Democrat states such as California from using waivers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requiring all new trains to be zero-emission by 2030 for industrial use and 2035 for normal hauling.
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California last year applied for a waiver from the Biden EPA to enforce this proposal.
The Golden State rule would have also banned trains older than 23 years from operating in the state, which would limit the amount of time trains can idle. It also would have established a spending account…
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