D.C. Circuit Suspends Lawsuit Over Preempting State Auto GHG Rules

February 8, 2021
An appellate court is suspending the consolidated legal challenge to the Trump administration’s preemption of state vehicle greenhouse gas programs, in response to a Biden administration request to pause the case while it considers whether to restore states’ authority under the Clean Air Act. However, the Feb. 8 order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit comes despite calls from a coalition of Republican-led states that the case be allowed to proceed. “[I]t is ordered...


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