As regulations to phase out the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in Connecticut face an uncertain vote in a key legislative committee next week, environmental advocates sought Tuesday to rally vocal support from Democratic leaders.
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House and Senate Republicans urged the legislature’s Regulation Review Committee Wednesday to refrain from approving a planned phase-out of new gas-powered car sales so that the issue may be considered by the broader General Assembly next year. The argument, made during a late afternoon press conference in the Legislative Office Building, was the latest step in an ongoing effort to build opposition to regulations up for review in the committee on Nov. 28.
Representatives for fuel sellers and Connecticut’s trucking industry accelerated their opposition Monday to a regulatory proposal to discontinue the sale of new exclusively gas-powered vehicles by 2035, urging a legislative review panel to reject the regulations later this month.
In legislative districts across Connecticut, Republican lawmakers are hosting informational forums on proposed regulations that would phase out the sale of new gas powered vehicles by 2035 ahead of a vote in a bipartisan regulation review panel expected later this month.