UPCOMING DOE DECISION ON LOCAL CLEAN FLEET RULE MAY SPARK LITIGATION

Environmentalists may sue the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) if it does not issue a rulemaking setting first-time alternative fuel vehicle purchasing requirements on private and municipal fleets, while also possibly revising a long-term goal for alternative fuel vehicles nationwide. At the same time, municipal officials oppose such a rulemaking and say the infrastructure that would be required is not in place. The threat of a lawsuit comes after a March 6 decision in the United States District Court for...