California, Allies Blast Trump’s Auto Preemption Rule Ahead Of Release

California and its allies are floating multiple legal and political attacks against EPA and the Transportation Department’s (DOT) imminent final rule to preempt the state’s authority to regulate vehicle greenhouse gases, a policy that threatens to spark a furious court battle and major uncertainty over emission rules. “This is the fight of a lifetime for us. We have to win this, and I believe we will,” said Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), during a Sept...