"WASHINGTON - Minnesota and New Mexico, in a rebuke to the Trump administration, plan to join 10 other states in adopting both of California’s tough rules on tailpipe emissions and zero-emission vehicles.

The announcements came a week after President Donald Trump said his administration would strip California of the legal ability to regulate vehicle emissions.

Minnesota and New Mexico would become the 11th and 12th states to adopt California’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate and the 14th and 15th states to adopt its tailpipe standards. Colorado said in August it would adopt the ZEV mandate."

David Shepardson reports for Reuters September 25, 2019. [2]