This past Thursday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced would require all future passenger vehicles, SUVs, and pickup trucks to produce net zero net zero carbon emissions by the year 2035. This decision has been brought about about four weeks after California placed a prohibition on any gasoline vehicles beginning in 2035, which marks a vital point in terms of New York's ultimate objective to eventually decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 85% by the year 2050.

"By revving up our clean transportation transition and making major investments to make EVs more accessible, we're supercharging our fight against climate change," Hochul wrote in a tweet.

According to Hochul, in order to achieve this 2035 objective, 35% of new vehicles will be required to be zero carbon emissions by the year 2026 and 68% of vehicles will need to be zero carbon emissions by 2030. School buses will also be met with a deadline of 2027 to have zero emissions.

Back in 1970, the Clean Air Act was set into motion by Congress in the state of California so that it would always be required to establish its own rules in terms of vehicular gas emissions. Other states are permitted to adapt to California's procedures; they can take on California policies, but are not allowed to employ their own standards, which makes California an invaluable source for ideal carbon emissions standards.

"New York is a national climate leader and an economic powerhouse, and we're using our strength to help spur innovation and implementation of zero-emission vehicles on a grand scale," Hochul said in a statement. "With sustained state and federal investments, our actions are incentivizing New Yorkers, local governments, and businesses to make the transition to electric vehicles. We're driving New York's transition to clean transportation forward, and today's announcement will benefit our climate and the health of our communities for generations to come."

In doing so, Hochul will enforce stricter regulations in terms of carbon gas emissions, as well as fight to decrease air pollution all-around. When California put the Advanced Clean Cars II standard into effect this past month, this move guided New York to mirror them in terms of the implementation of this regulation.