Environmental & Energy
Oct. 5, 2020
Zero-emission vehicle order: lofty goals, light on details
On Sept. 23, Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference to announce issuance of Executive Order N-79-20 setting several broad goals to de-carbonize the state’s transportation sector, but the details are sketchy.
Shannon S. Broome
Managing Partner, San Francisco
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Email: sbroome@huntonak.com
UC Berkeley Boalt Hall
Shannon leads the firm's California environmental practice. She has represented companies operating and selling products into California on a range of air quality and climate change requirements.
M. Clare Ellis
Associate
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Email: cellis@hunton.com
Clare is an attorney in the firm's San Francisco office. She represents a range of clients on innovative approaches to regulation and compliance, with a focus on air quality and climate change matters impacting the energy and transportation sectors.
On Sept. 23, Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference to announce issuance of Executive Order N-79-20 setting several broad goals to de-carbonize the state’s transportation sector, but the details are sketchy. As it sets ambitious targets for 100% of passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035 (and 2045 for heavier vehicles), the governor may view his action as akin to President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 statement that the United States should commi...
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