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Alex Nieves

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Aug 18, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Alex Nieves

    California establishes nation’s first tire efficiency standard (opens the original)

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    California regulators approved the nation’s first efficiency standard for replacement tires on Monday, a rule the state estimates could save drivers a significant amount in gasoline and diesel costs. What happened: The California Energy Commission passed a standard that requires aftermarket tires for passenger cars to be as efficient as those that come on a vehicle when it is originally sold by a manufacturer. Why it matters: The average replacement tire currently available in the California mar

  2. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Alex Nieves

    Q&A: Billionaire climate activist and former California governor candidate Tom Steyer (opens the original)

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    Billionaire investor and climate activist Tom Steyer came up short in his run for governor, placing third in the state’s June primary. Now he’s back — and going on the climate offensive. Steyer ran as a progressive, promising to break up utility company “oligarchies,” take on oil companies and redistribute wealth in the country’s richest state. That message wasn’t enough to vault him over fellow Democrat Xavier Becerra or Trump-backed Republican Steve Hilton. But Steyer isn’t changing course. PO

  3. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Alex Nieves

    Xavier Becerra says California can still meet 2035 gas car sales goal (opens the original)

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    SACRAMENTO, California — California gubernatorial front-runner Xavier Becerra said Tuesday that he still believes the state can meet its goal of banning new gas car sales by 2035, after raising doubts about the climate target during his primary campaign. Becerra said that California “might be able to beat” the 2035 target in response to a question from POLITICO’S Melanie Mason during an interview at POLITICO’s The California Agenda: Sacramento Summit. “If we invest in it, it absolutely is feasib

  4. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Alex Nieves, Camille von Kaenel

    Assembly Democrats urge leaders to ‘curtail’ cap-and-invest overhaul (opens the original)

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    SACRAMENTO, California — A group of Assembly Democrats is trying to undo changes to the state’s carbon market, arguing they take away funds earmarked for climate projects. What happened: Fifteen assemblymembers, led by Assemblymember Damon Connolly, wrote to Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas on Monday asking for the chamber to work with the Senate and the Newsom administration to protect billions of dollars in revenue generated from the sale of pollution permits on the state’s cap-and-invest market.

  5. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Alex Nieves

    California drivers fully exhausted Tesla’s new EV rebates in one week (opens the original)

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    Tesla has already expended its portion of a new electric vehicle rebate that California launched last week, California’s top air quality regulator said Tuesday. What happened: California Resources Board Chair Lauren Sanchez said during a panel discussion at POLITICO’s The California Agenda: Sacramento Summit that one automaker has run out of its portion of a $135 million rebate program that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and lawmakers included in the state’s June budget. CARB spokesperson Lindsay Buckley

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