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The nation’s top environmental agency has spent the last several months loosening regulations that govern air and water quality, electric vehicle initiatives, pollution monitoring and greenhouse gas reporting, among other changes.

Bento said he doesn’t believe the end of the decal program will slow down the number of electric vehicle purchases because California has several rebate, tax credit and voucher programs to incentivize that.

The government's climate adviser said the move would make switching to electric technologies, such as heat pumps, cheaper and encourage take-up.

“I mean, we both just want to be free to smoke weed while riding our electric scooters to a drag queen brunch.”

But 400,000 tonnes of material has now been cleared from the site, and up to 1,200 workers will help in constructing a new £1.25bn electric arc furnace which will melt scrap steel.