Pruitt's Rebuff Of Post-2025 Vehicle GHG Rules Highlights California Clash

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to be rebuffing California's call to negotiate joint passenger vehicle greenhouse gas rules out to 2030 -- while reiterating claims that the state cannot “dictate” strong vehicle standards -- offering another sign that EPA and the Golden State appear headed for a major clash over pending revisions to federal requirements. Pruitt's latest remarks underscore his prior claims that California is wrongly seeking to control national vehicle GHG policy, remarks seen as publicly confrontational with the...