EPA Undoing California Vehicle Power May Bolster Suit On GHG Finding

October 9, 2019
Environmentalists are citing language in EPA’s rule undoing California’s authority to set stricter vehicle greenhouse gas limits to boost their lawsuit over the Trump administration’s 2018 finding calling for weaker federal vehicle GHG rules, claiming the language aids their claim that the finding is a “final” action subject to court review. The argument, detailed in an Oct. 9 letter from environmental groups to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is their latest attempt to push...


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