EPA Chief Challenges Legality of California’s Proposed Ban on Gas-Powered Cars

Wheeler urges Newsom to step away from 'mostly aspirational' vehicle ban

Cars drive on a congested freeway in Los Angeles on Aug. 28, 2018. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler wrote a letter Sept. 28 to California Gov. Gavin Newsom challenging the state’s plans to ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035.

Wheeler said the plan “raises serious questions regarding its legality and practicality.”