DOJ Claims Wide EPA 'Discretion' Over Vehicle GHG Standards Finding

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is urging appellate judges to give EPA wide latitude regarding the reasons for its conclusion that it must weaken Obama-era vehicle greenhouse gas standards, even as it argues that state and environmentalist litigation over the finding is not ripe for court review. DOJ's arguments in an April 8 response brief in California, et al., v. EPA , in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, push back against plaintiffs' claims that...