GOP States, Industry Detail Legal Claims Against ‘Phase 3’ Truck GHG Rule

GOP-led states and industry groups are detailing their legal claims that EPA’s “phase 3” greenhouse gas rule for heavy trucks “vastly exceeds” the agency’s authority, offering another example of critics’ claims that multiple EPA vehicle regulations represent de facto and improper electric vehicle (EV) mandates. The claims in Oct. 16 opening briefs, filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in State of Nebraska, et al. v. EPA , significantly overlap with similar arguments...