Possible Stay Looms As Barrier To EPA Vehicle GHG Rollback Certainty

Critics of the Trump administration's plans to roll back strict vehicle efficiency standards are increasingly suggesting courts could stay the controversial effort, underscoring the growing pressure on the administration to either shore up its justification for the rollback or modify it, as well as industry's present inability to bank on the plan. Stays of such federal regulations are exceedingly rare -- and often result from industry pleas to defer regulations seen as overly burdensome. But the Trump administration's proposal to...