Supreme Court Declines To Pause California Waiver, Air Act Venue Cases

The Supreme Court is refusing Trump administration requests to pause major Clean Air Act cases involving the Biden EPA’s preemption waivers for California vehicle emissions rules and battles over the correct court venue for suits over states’ interstate ozone plans and refiners’ requests for renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers. In a Feb. 6 order , the court without explanation denied abeyance in the three suits, after parties on different sides of the various disputes opposed the Justice Department’s (DOJ)...