D.C. Circuit Grants EPA Request To Pause Challenge To Truck Rule Waivers

An appellate court panel is granting EPA’s request to pause consolidated litigation challenging the agency’s approval of Clean Air Act preemption waivers for California’s zero-emission truck rules and related requirements in order to wait for rulings in two pending cases regarding federal and state auto greenhouse gas standards. The Dec. 21 order from a pair of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejects arguments made earlier this month by the plaintiffs -- Republican-led...