California said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its request for a federal waiver to require commercial truckers to transition to zero-emissions vehicles, preempting an expected denial from the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

California officials are withdrawing their final requests to enforce their nation-leading electric vehicle rules, days before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. State officials told U.S. EPA on Monday they wouldn't seek federal permission to enforce their rules covering zero-emission trucks and trains,

California clean-air regulators withdrew requests with the Biden administration to set tougher pollution rules in the state for heavy-duty trucks, locomotives and ocean-going ships that were likely to be denied under President-elect Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will establish a set of new two national monuments in fire-plagued California days before he's set to exit the White House, according to U.S. officials.

President Joe Biden has announced the creation of two California national monuments that will honor Native American tribes while shielding picturesque mountains and deserts from mining and energy deve

President Joe Biden on Tuesday established two massive new national monuments in California and highlighted his environmental initiatives as some of the defining achievements of a presidency that will end in less than a week.