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Farmers, Truckers Warn California Emissions Mandates Will Cause 'Catastrophic' Supply Chain Crisis"Obviously, this thing is going to cost untold millions, billions of dollars that we have no way that we're going to pay for." -Ohio trucker Monte Wiederhold [MRCTV.org] A federal court's ruling Tuesday that California can set independently set zero-emissions standards portends a "catastrophic" supply chain crisis and lost jobs, the nation's farmers and truckers are warning. (Image: Pexels) The court decision ruled against a 17-state lawsuit against California's Biden Administration waiver allowing it to set its own emissions standards. California has been hit with multiple lawsuits, including one by the California Trucking Association. "So, if this mandate comes in, if they go forward with this nonsense, we're going to be the supply chain crisis on steroids," Ohio trucker Monte Wiederhold told Fox & Friends First in an interview on Friday:
The overwhelming cost of complying with zero emissions standards, especially if they're adopted by other states, will drive small fleets like his—which comprise 96% of the trucking industry—out of business, Wiederhold said:
Indeed, full electrification of the US commercial truck fleet would require nearly $1 trillion in infrastructure investment alone, a new study released by the Clean Freight Coalition reveals. The nation's supply chain would be further devastated by a rule approved by the California Air Quality Control Board (CARB) requiring railroads to prematurely retire 25,000 diesel-powered trains and replace them with zero-emission trains. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here "Allowing a single state to impose onerous mandates on a national system would have a ripple effect across the supply chain, creating inefficiencies and cost increases," Washington Farm Bureau Federation President Rosella Mosby warned Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan, The Center Square reported Thursday. By bankrupting railroads and forcing them to go out of business, California's mandate would harm farmers, Mosby explained:
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