… the creation of the California Air Resources Board and the first regulations of tailpipe emissions in America. Richard Nixon himself codified that effort in 1970 with the Clean Air Act. California continued to lead by example in the seventies with energy efficiency. We led with the first fully functioning cap and trade program in the United States. We continue to lead as it relates to efforts to completely transition to 100% zero emission vehicles. (01:03–01:09)
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