Pandemic slows suit over state vehicle GHG programs

The coronavirus pandemic is slowing high-profile appeals court litigation challenging the Trump administration’s decision to block state vehicle greenhouse gas programs, with parties seeking to delay a deadline for filing their opening briefs in the case until at least June 12. The preliminary timeline, laid out in a supplemental filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from petitioners in Union of Concerned Scientists, et al. v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, et al. ,...