Court Rejects Petitioners' Standing In Suits Over EPA Vehicle GHG Rules

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that trucking industry and other petitioners lack standing in their lawsuits challenging EPA greenhouse gas (GHG) rules for both light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles, issuing an April 24 per curiam opinion dismissing the cases. The unanimous ruling in Delta Construction Company, Inc. et al. v. EPA, which was consolidated with two other cases, notes that the court had previously upheld EPA and...