States have considerable power to reduce the emissions causing climate change, since they are actually the primary regulator of the companies that deliver electricity to consumers.
Painful fuel prices at a Shell station in Menlo Park, Calif.
But states with the political will would have plenty of levers at their disposal, Rabe noted, including state subsidies to purchase electric vehicles, investment in mass transit and even lower speed limits, because fuel economy is best when cars are running between 30 and 50 mph. Now, Deehan said, Newsom should develop the complementary infrastructure needed for an electric vehicle fleet, such as building over 1 million charging stations in the state, which currently has fewer than 100,000.
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