Trump also revoked two other Biden-era waivers on Thursday. Those would have allowed California to require vehicle makers to produce an increasing number of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks, and to reduce nitrogen oxides, a component of smog, from heavy-duty highway and off-road vehicles and engines.

Trump had campaigned against three programs that allowed the states to require manufacturers to sell an increasing amount of electric cars and trucks, phase out sales of gasoline powered cars by 2035,