PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 19, 2023
A new rule under consideration by the Maine Board of Environmental Protection subjects car dealers to new requirements regarding zero-emission electric vehicles. For the 2027 model year, 43% of new car sales must be EVs; that increases to 82% by the year 2032. The real question for Maine BEP is whether they should adopt it. As an economics professor who truly believes in our free-market economy, they absolutely should not. ~ Sen. James Libby (R)