The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is rolling back decades-old emissions standards for cars and trucks and proposing new rules that reverse the “endangerment finding.”

If enacted this summer, California’s mandate — the first in the world — would increase sales of electric or other zero-emission cars to 35% in 2026, and prohibit new gasoline or diesel cars by 2035.

People in the 60,000 households near the plant faced significant risks to their health and environment, the EPA said in a press release.

Nations addressing climate change took on gasoline and diesel vehicles in pledges that mirror California’s mandates and plans — and in some cases, go even further.

Sam Liccardo will be speaking in front of the House Subcommittee on Environment at 7am today, Pacific Standard Time.