Fuel Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson and American Petroleum Institute (API) President and CEO Mike Sommers issued the following statement on today’s passage in the House of Representatives of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution aimed at overturning the U.S. EPA waiver authorizing California’s Advanced Clean Cars II ban on sales of new gas, diesel and traditional hybrid vehicles.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is out with a new ad—Don’t California our cars—urging Congress to overturn EPA’s 2024 rule authorizing California’s ban on sales of new gas, diesel and traditional hybrid vehicles.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) today joined 110 other stakeholders across energy, agricultural and transportation supply chains urging Congressional leadership to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to protect American consumers and reverse California’s harmful vehicle mandates, including its expansive ban on sales of new gas, diesel and traditional hybrid cars and trucks over the next decade.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson issued the following statement today on EPA’s transmission to Congress of the December 2024 waiver authorizing California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) program.

California’s Advanced Clean Cars II regulation is in the news again and you might have some questions. Below is an overview of the California policy and whether or not EPA has to affirmatively grant California’s waiver requests.

Congress has an opportunity to overturn EPA’s December 2024 decision allowing California to ban sales of new gas, diesel and traditional hybrid vehicles. Why should elected officials support the CRA?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson issued the following statement on the Day 1 actions taken by the Trump-Vance administration to protect consumer choice and end gas car ban policies across the United States.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s choice to grant California a waiver from the Clean Air Act to ban sales of new gas cars through its Advanced Clean Cars II rule.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson today issued the following statement on the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to grant our petition for a writ of certiorari regarding our standing to challenge California’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate.