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On Friday, a Minnesota administrative law judge ruled the state can proceed with finalizing new clean car standards that will give Minnesotans more control over air quality improvements and progress toward the state’s greenhouse gas reduction goals, as well as increase vehicle model choices for Minn ....
Local View: Rural Minnesota especially should welcome electric vehicles From the column: Opposition to the MPCA’s Clean Car Minnesota rule is a desperate rear-guard action by car dealers upset that mechanically simple electric vehicles will no longer need their service departments, an alarmed oil and gas industry, and, of course, the conservative think tank industry. Written By: Eric Enberg | × Currently, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is adopting clean-car standards that would allow Minnesotans additional choices for low-emission and zero-emission vehicles. Unfortunately, Isaac Orr of the conservative Center of the American Experiment once again is straining to hold back the electric vehicle. In his March 13 column in the News Tribune, “Walz can pump the brakes, too, on electric vehicles,” Orr repeated a claim that electric vehicles are too expensive, have a poor range, and are a poor fit for rural Minnesotans. ....