EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump
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EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. “California has longstanding authority to request waivers from EPA to protect its residents from dangerous air pollution coming from mobile sources like cars and trucks,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a statement. “Today’s actions follow through on EPA’s commitment to partner with states to reduce emissions and act on the threat of climate change.” The new waiver is important not only to California, but to more than a dozen other states that follow its nation-leading standards on vehicle emissions. The EPA's action comes as the Supreme Court said last week that it will take up a business-backed appeal challenging an earlier California waiver issued by the Biden administration.

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California’s effort to put new gas cars in the rearview gets greenlight from EPA
3 days, 15 hours ago

California’s effort to put new gas cars in the rearview gets greenlight from EPA

LA Times  

Here’s what you need to know to start your day. In an aerial view, electric vehicles recharge at a charging station on Feb. 15, 2023, in Corte Madera, Calif. ‘Step up’ or ‘get left behind’ With the EPA’s approval, California will join Canada, the United Kingdom and the 27 countries of the European Union with policies that ban new gasoline …

Biden administration approves California plans to ban sale of gas-only vehicles
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4 days, 15 hours ago

Biden administration approves California plans to ban sale of gas-only vehicles

NPR  

Biden administration approves California plans to ban sale of gas-only vehicles The Biden administration has approved California's plan to require new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to have zero-emissions. A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: The Biden administration has approved California's plan to require all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state in 2035 to be zero-emission vehicles. LAURA …

Trump and California draw battle lines around electric cars
4 days, 15 hours ago

Trump and California draw battle lines around electric cars

Politico  

“Everybody’s gearing up for a showdown on zero-emission vehicles,” said Bill Magavern, policy director at environmental group Coalition for Clean Air. A Trump spokesperson said Wednesday that the president-elect has “a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail, including stopping attacks on gas-powered cars.” “When he takes office, President Trump will support the auto industry, allowing …

Biden makes a last big push to keep Trump from killing the electric car
5 days, 15 hours ago

Biden makes a last big push to keep Trump from killing the electric car

Politico  

Trump has already vowed to undo California’s electric vehicle rules, similar to his effort five years ago to stop the state from imposing car and truck pollution standards more stringent than the federal government’s. The first Trump administration argued that California was effectively imposing fuel economy rules by regulating vehicles’ greenhouse gas emissions. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!” Hallowed history Asked whether …

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to California’s strict vehicle emissions rules
1 week ago

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to California’s strict vehicle emissions rules

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal from conservative states challenging California’s ability to establish strict vehicle emission rules that effectively set the standard for the rest of the nation. In 2019, the first Trump administration rolled back California’s decades-old waiver that had allowed it to set its own air pollution standards. The state’s air …

Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's authority to set vehicle emissions standards
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1 week, 3 days ago

Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's authority to set vehicle emissions standards

NPR  

Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's authority to set vehicle emissions standards toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Can the federal government have a favorite when it comes to states? The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would hear a case that tests that assertion in the context of a state that imposes tougher clean air standards than the …

U.S. Supreme Court will decide if oil industry may sue to block California’s zero-emissions goal
1 week, 3 days ago

U.S. Supreme Court will decide if oil industry may sue to block California’s zero-emissions goal

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference on Sept. 23, 2020, at Cal Expo in Sacramento, where he announced an executive order requiring the sale of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, a move the governor says would achieve a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The Supreme Court opened the door Friday for a potential challenge …

Newsom’s Hail Mary to defend California from Trump
1 month, 1 week ago

Newsom’s Hail Mary to defend California from Trump

Politico  

“I was surprised that it came out so early, ahead of the traditional top tier appointments like Justice and Defense and State and Treasury,” said Bill Magavern, a policy director at Coalition for Clean Air. His office put the argument in broad terms Tuesday: “Continuing California’s leadership — as the 5th largest economy in the world — in pushing for …

Toyota executive lashes out at U.S. regulations promoting EV sales
1 month, 1 week ago

Toyota executive lashes out at U.S. regulations promoting EV sales

LA Times  

Toyota Motor Corp.’s North American chief operating officer criticized U.S. policies promoting speedy adoption of electric vehicles, calling them “de facto mandates” out of sync with consumer demand. Noting that government support for EVs has been a hotly debated issue in the U.S. presidential election, Toyota North America COO Jack Hollis said sales of all-electric vehicle should grow organically, without …

House backs measure to overturn Biden auto emissions rule that Republicans say would force EV sales
3 months ago

House backs measure to overturn Biden auto emissions rule that Republicans say would force EV sales

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don’t want. While former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have lambasted the rule as an EV “mandate,’' the rule would not force all sales of EVs. She …

Editorial: Delay California’s oil drilling protections until 2031? No way
4 months ago

Editorial: Delay California’s oil drilling protections until 2031? No way

LA Times  

Communities across California, from Los Angeles to the San Joaquin Valley, have fought for more than a decade to stop oil companies from drilling in their neighborhoods and spewing health-damaging pollution into the air. The passage of a landmark state law in 2022 to ban new drilling within 3,200 feet of homes, schools, child care centers and hospitals and establish …

Supreme Court ruling could jeopardize California’s environmental rules
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court ruling could jeopardize California’s environmental rules

LA Times  

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling will probably pave the way for more legal challenges — and potential setbacks — for California’s groundbreaking clean air rules and myriad other federal environmental protections. In a 6-3 decision last week, the Supreme Court overturned the so-called Chevron doctrine, a long-standing legal precedent that instructed U.S. courts to rely on federal agencies to …

Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations. Yet the high court’s order, “leaves large swaths of upwind States free to keep contributing significantly to their downwind neighbors’ ozone problems for the next several years,” she wrote. The …

Court upholds California’s authority to set nation-leading vehicle emission rules
8 months, 1 week ago

Court upholds California’s authority to set nation-leading vehicle emission rules

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California can continue to set its own nation-leading vehicle emissions standards, a federal court ruled Tuesday — two years after the Biden administration restored the state’s authority to do so as part of its efforts to reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks. In 2022, Ohio led a coalition of states in filing a petition to attempt to block California’s …

EPA issues new clean air rules for heavy-duty trucks. California’s rules are tougher
8 months, 3 weeks ago

EPA issues new clean air rules for heavy-duty trucks. California’s rules are tougher

LA Times  

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued tough new emissions standards Friday for heavy-duty trucks and buses, with the aim of cutting air pollution, addressing climate change and boosting economic growth. The new federal rules will curtail a billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year and provide financial benefits worth $13 billion annually “related to public health, climate, and savings …

Biden Administration's New Auto Rules To Curb Carbon
9 months ago

Biden Administration's New Auto Rules To Curb Carbon

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The auto industry cited lower sales growth in objecting to the EPA’s preferred standards unveiled last April as part of its ambitious plan to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The …

EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids
9 months ago

EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The auto industry cited lower sales growth in objecting to the EPA’s preferred standards unveiled last April as part of its ambitious plan to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The EPA said that …

Maker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles to follow California’s strict emissions standards
9 months ago

Maker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles to follow California’s strict emissions standards

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Stellantis, one of the largest automakers in the world, agreed Tuesday to comply with California’s vehicle emissions standards that are the toughest in the nation and require zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles to make up 68% of new light-duty vehicle sales by 2030. Newsom’s office said Stellantis will avoid adding up to 12 million metric tons of …

As electric vehicle sales slow, US relaxes plans for stricter auto emissions standards for a while
9 months ago

As electric vehicle sales slow, US relaxes plans for stricter auto emissions standards for a while

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed tailpipe limits for three years but eventually reach the same strict standards set out by the Environmental Protection Agency. The auto industry has cited lower sales growth in objecting to the EPA’s preferred standards unveiled last April as part of the most …

Editorial: California can’t let big polluters win by undermining climate change disclosure laws
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: California can’t let big polluters win by undermining climate change disclosure laws

LA Times  

California took a big step last fall when lawmakers passed a pair of laws requiring big companies doing business in the state to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related risks, shining a light on their role in fueling the climate crisis. Opinion Editorial: California’s lawsuit against Big Oil could help end decades of climate lies California’s climate lawsuit against …

Los Angeles smog woes worsen as U.S. EPA threatens to reject local pollution plan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Los Angeles smog woes worsen as U.S. EPA threatens to reject local pollution plan

LA Times  

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to reject California’s plan to curb air pollution in Los Angeles, a consequential move that could result in stiff economic sanctions and federal regulatory oversight of the nation’s smoggiest region. Because of this, state and local air regulators are required to submit plans to the EPA detailing how they intend to reduce pollution …

Auto dealers up campaign urging Biden administration to halt EPA tailpipe emission limits regulation
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Auto dealers up campaign urging Biden administration to halt EPA tailpipe emission limits regulation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is the second letter …

Biden’s clean-car rules face a crucial test as appeals court hears Republican-led challenges
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden’s clean-car rules face a crucial test as appeals court hears Republican-led challenges

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Efforts by the Biden administration to limit pollution from automobile tailpipes — a major source of planet-warming emissions — face a crucial test as a federal appeals court considers legal challenges brought by Republican-led states. But Peter Zalzal, a senior attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, an advocacy group that is involved in two of the legal cases, …

Biden rules on clean cars face crucial test as Republican-led challenges go to appeals court
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden rules on clean cars face crucial test as Republican-led challenges go to appeals court

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The cases before the appeals court …

Truck makers pledge to comply with new California rules phasing out gas-powered vehicles
1 year, 5 months ago

Truck makers pledge to comply with new California rules phasing out gas-powered vehicles

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some of the nation’s largest truck makers on Thursday pledged to stop selling new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade, part of an agreement with state regulators aimed at preventing lawsuits that threatened to delay or block the state’s emission standards. Last month, the railroad industry sued the California Air Resources Board …

California passes 1st-in-nation emission rules for trains
1 year, 7 months ago

California passes 1st-in-nation emission rules for trains

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California approved Thursday a first-in-the-nation, ambitious rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state’s latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change. “The locomotive rule has the power to change the course of history for Californians who have suffered from train pollution for far too …

EPA proposes strict emission limits to boost US electric vehicle sales
1 year, 8 months ago

EPA proposes strict emission limits to boost US electric vehicle sales

Firstpost  

According to the EPA, the 2027–2032 model year regulations will reduce CO2 emissions by more than 9 billion tonnes until 2055, which is more than double the amount of CO2 emissions produced by the US in 2017 Washington: On Wednesday, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed significant emissions reductions for new automobiles and trucks until 2032. John Bozzella, CEO of …

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks
1 year, 8 months ago

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California’s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state’s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast. The decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows California — which has some of the …

The EPA approves California's plan to phase out diesel trucks
1 year, 8 months ago

The EPA approves California's plan to phase out diesel trucks

NPR  

The EPA approves California's plan to phase out diesel trucks Enlarge this image toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Noah Berger/AP SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California's plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state's efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports …

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks
1 year, 8 months ago

EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks

LA Times  

Pollution from medium- and heavy-duty trucks makes up a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions from California’s transportation sector. The decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows California — which has some of the nation’s worst air pollution — to require truck manufacturers to sell an increasing number of zero-emission trucks over the next couple of decades. Today’s announcement …

Push to repeal California anti-oil law inches closer to goal
2 years ago

Push to repeal California anti-oil law inches closer to goal

Associated Press  

A California law that prohibits new oil and gas wells from being drilled near homes, schools and hospitals could face a referendum in the 2024 election. Stop the Energy Shutdown, a campaign organized by oil and gas industry groups, said Tuesday it has collected enough signatures for a referendum to overturn SB 1137, the law that banned new oil and …

California moves to ban natural gas furnaces and heaters by 2030
2 years, 3 months ago

California moves to ban natural gas furnaces and heaters by 2030

LA Times  

California is moving to become the first U.S. state to phase out gas-fueled furnaces and water heaters in homes. Los Angeles and several other California cities have passed bans on a wider range of natural gas appliances in new construction, including stoves. The Golden State will ban the sale of all new natural gas-fired space heaters and water-heating appliances by …

California Democrats cap legislative year with climate wins
2 years, 3 months ago

California Democrats cap legislative year with climate wins

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tougher clean energy goals, a ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and schools, and establishing guidelines for capturing carbon and storing it underground are among the climate proposals California Democrats advanced in the final days of the legislative session. Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove of Bakersfield, one of the state’s oil hubs, said the …

Editorial: Yes! California just banned the sale of new gas cars. This is a big deal
2 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: Yes! California just banned the sale of new gas cars. This is a big deal

LA Times  

Electric vehicles come and go from a Tesla Supercharger station in Santa Monica. California regulators voted Thursday to require automakers to sell increasing percentages of zero-emission vehicles, starting with 35% of new car sales in 2026 and reaching 100% by 2035. Zero-emission vehicles account for 16.5% of California’s new sales today, a rate that leads the nation but lags behind …

California to ban the sale of new gasoline cars: ‘This is huge’
2 years, 3 months ago

California to ban the sale of new gasoline cars: ‘This is huge’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The state government’s “clean air” agency will also ban gasoline trucks and SUVs the same year. “This is huge,” …

California to phase out gas-powered cars by 2035: Report
2 years, 3 months ago

California to phase out gas-powered cars by 2035: Report

Hindustan Times  

California is set to end the sale of all new gas-burning cars by 2035 under the rules which are expected to be approved on Thursday. At least 17 other states including Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey follow California's auto-emission standards. The vote by the California Air Resources Board will have implications beyond the state borders and …

California’s coming gas car ban: What it means
2 years, 3 months ago

California’s coming gas car ban: What it means

LA Times  

A plan to phase out sales of new gas-powered vehicles will require, among other things, vastly expanded infrastructure for charging batteries. The California Air Resources Board voted Thursday to require all new passenger cars and light trucks sold by 2035 to be what it calls zero-emission vehicles. The timeline In 2026, 35% of all new cars sold to California dealerships …

California set to make history by banning sales of gas-powered cars
2 years, 3 months ago

California set to make history by banning sales of gas-powered cars

LA Times  

California air quality officials will vote Thursday on a rule to ban the sales of gasoline-powered cars by 2035. California air regulators are set to vote Thursday on a historic plan that would effectively require all new cars sold within the state to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035 — a ruling that would put the nation’s most populous state in …

How California will fight Supreme Court’s limits on EPA climate enforcement
2 years, 5 months ago

How California will fight Supreme Court’s limits on EPA climate enforcement

LA Times  

Rob Bonta, right, shown speaking during a news conference in April in Playa Del Rey, described the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to curb the EPA’s ability to fight climate change as “misguided and gravely disappointing.” Many public officials and environmental advocates in California were dismayed by Thursday’s Supreme Court decision to limit federal authority on greenhouse gases from power plants, …

Supreme Court rules for coal-producing states, limits EPA’s power to fight climate change
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court rules for coal-producing states, limits EPA’s power to fight climate change

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the major coal-producing states and sharply limited the Biden administration’s authority to restrict the carbon pollution that is causing global warming. Gen. Patrick Morrisey called the ruling a “huge win for West Virginia and a huge victory against federal overreach and the excesses of the administrative state.” Harvard law professor Richard Lazarus, an …

17 states push EPA to revoke California’s ability to set its own vehicle emission standards
2 years, 7 months ago

17 states push EPA to revoke California’s ability to set its own vehicle emission standards

LA Times  

The attorneys general of 17 states have asked a federal appeals court to reconsider an Environmental Protection Agency decision allowing California to set its own vehicle emission standards. California’s vehicle emission standards are some of the toughest in the nation, and the 17 Republican attorneys general argue the EPA’s decision to let the Golden State set its own rules forces …

Biden restores California’s power to set car emissions rules
2 years, 9 months ago

Biden restores California’s power to set car emissions rules

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is restoring California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution standards for cars, reversing a Trump administration policy and likely ushering in stricter emissions standards for new passenger vehicles nationwide. “With today’s action, we reinstate an approach that for years has helped advance clean technologies and cut air pollution for people not just in California, …

EPA restores California’s authority to set its own auto pollution rules
2 years, 9 months ago

EPA restores California’s authority to set its own auto pollution rules

LA Times  

California is back in the driver’s seat as it steers the nation toward a future of cleaner cars and light trucks. In a statement Wednesday, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said, “President Biden’s strict auto emissions regulations are yet another example of this administration putting a radical rush-to-green regulatory regime …

California law to eventually ban gas-powered lawn equipment
3 years, 2 months ago

California law to eventually ban gas-powered lawn equipment

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will soon ban the sale of new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers, a move aimed at curbing emissions from a category of small engines on pace to produce more pollution each year than passenger vehicles. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Saturday that orders state regulators to ban the sale of new gas-powered equipment …

There's A Big Push For Electric Cars, With The White House Teaming Up With Automakers
3 years, 4 months ago

There's A Big Push For Electric Cars, With The White House Teaming Up With Automakers

NPR  

There's A Big Push For Electric Cars, With The White House Teaming Up With Automakers Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Major automakers and the Biden administration are mapping out a route toward a future where Americans drive a lot more electric vehicles. A voluntary pledge to boost electric vehicle sales …

US senators urge Biden to set end date for gas-powered car sales
3 years, 9 months ago

US senators urge Biden to set end date for gas-powered car sales

Al Jazeera  

Democratic Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein, in an unreported letter seen by Reuters news agency, called on the US president ‘to follow California’s lead and set a date by which all new cars and passenger trucks sold be zero-emission vehicles’. California’s two United States senators are urging President Joe Biden to set a firm date to phase out gas-powered …

GM flips to California’s side in pollution fight against Trump
4 years, 1 month ago

GM flips to California’s side in pollution fight against Trump

LA Times  

General Motors Chairman Mary Barra in July 2019. GM says it will no longer support the Trump administration’s legal efforts to end California’s right to set its own clean-air standards. General Motors Co. is switching sides in the legal fight against California’s right to set its own clean-air standards, abandoning the Trump administration as the president’s term nears its close. …

California is ready to pull the plug on gas vehicles
4 years, 2 months ago

California is ready to pull the plug on gas vehicles

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks in 15 years, Gov. But spokesman Matt Hill said Biden believes electric vehicles can create “good-paying union jobs, dominate a fast-growing market worldwide, and meet the demands of the climate crisis.” Tailpipe exhaust from cars, pickups, tractor-trailer rigs and other transportation are the single largest …

Sales of new gas-powered cars banned in California by 2035: What you need to know
4 years, 3 months ago

Sales of new gas-powered cars banned in California by 2035: What you need to know

LA Times  

California will halt sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order banning sales of new combustion-engine motor vehicles in California starting in 2035 will mark a radical change in transportation infrastructure. The consulting firm McKinsey estimates EVs will reach price parity with combustion-engine cars as soon as 2025 and transform from money losers …

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