Transportation

The rule stripping California of its power to police climate-warming car pollution takes effect today. Here’s what it means for California's commuters.

California's decision to buy only from carmakers that have agreed to follow its clean car rules may well cost GM's Chevrolet tens of millions of dollars.

Californians pay high gasoline prices, but there's a "mystery surcharge" that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants investigated.

Gov. Gavin Newsom seems to have a problem dealing with the politics of transportation.

California's latest clean air fight with Trump's EPA is about more than backlogged paperwork - but likely won't hurt federal transportation funding anytime soon.

A California think tank warns the state has reached the tough part of its climate goals — which includes cleaning up cars.

Becky Boblak, a Berkeley mom: Only about 10% of students travel on their own steam to school. One-third take buses and about 50% get to school via car. I understand why. It just isn’t safe. Too often, the danger is from a car speeding down the street.

Washington's move raises the specter of worsening air quality, jeopardizing public health and hindering California’s ability to battle climate change.

With California enmeshed in a bare-knuckled battle over clean air with the Trump administration, carmakers could soon face a choice: Sign onto the state's pact to cut air pollution or forfeit the right to offer customers the state's EV rebate.  

Gov. Gavin Newsom vows that California "will keep fighting" for cleaner cars, despite the Trump administration's efforts to derail the state's pact to cut greenhouses gases from tailpipes.