{"id":825,"date":"2025-12-04T22:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/?p=825"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:09:03","slug":"chaos-erupts-in-dc-senate-votes-51-44-dems-walk-out-in-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Chaos Erupts in DC! Senate Votes 51-44 \u2014 Dems Walk Out in Rage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumb entry-media thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/504429211_122185885874562988_4837299900015981653_n.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos Erupts in DC! Senate Votes 51-44 \u2014 Dems Walk Out in Rage\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-category\"><span class=\"cat-links\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta-elements\"><span class=\"post-author\"><span class=\"posted-by vcard author\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted by<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content bloghash-entry\">\n<p>California\u2019s authority to set tougher emissions standards dates back to the 1960s when it battled severe smog and created its own air board before the EPA existed. The Clean Air Act of 1970 granted California a unique waiver recognizing its leadership and pollution challenges.<\/p>\n<p>This power enabled California to push cleaner fuels and zero-emission vehicles, influencing other states. The issue is also about environmental justice, as pollution disproportionately harms communities of color.<\/p>\n<p>Big oil companies have lobbied heavily against California\u2019s rules, backing recent political moves to roll back waivers. Meanwhile, tech and EV companies warn this hurts innovation and competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>California plans to sue, challenging Congr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted\u00a0 Posted by California\u2019s authority to set tougher emissions standards dates back to the 1960s when it battled severe smog and created its own air board before the EPA existed. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naekokozawa.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}