Opinion | Glenn Youngkin’s Plan to Save Gas Cars

Virginia’s odd-year statehouse elections are now less than three weeks away, and Democrats want to make the argument all about abortion. That’s because Gov. Glenn Youngkin has a strong approval rating, and they’d prefer not to talk about the popular things he could do if Republicans win unified control of Richmond.

For example, the result next month could decide whether the Old Dominion barrels down the speedway to banning gas-powered cars. Two years ago Democrats in the General Assembly passed a law to adopt California’s vehicle-emissions standards. Signed by then-Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, it essentially lets progressive regulators on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) dictate the kinds of cars Virginians can drive.