California sues Trump over revoking state’s authority to set car emissions standards


California sues Trump over revoking state’s authority to set car emissions standards


A coalition of states led by California filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration, challenging its decision to revoke a rule that empowers the state to set tougher car emissions standards than those required by the federal government.

The lawsuit seeks to defend California and the 13 other states that follow its car pollution rules from the administration’s latest effort to loosen environmental regulations. It maintains that the special waiver the state has relied on for the last 50 years to set its own standards is not only lawful but essential to protecting California’s air quality and preventing the worst effects of climate change.

Attorneys general from 22 other states and the District of Columbia joined the lawsuit, as did the cities of New York and Los Angeles. The list includes states that have adopted California’s more stringent car emissions rules, such as New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Oregon. It also includes several states — Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina — that Trump won in 2016...

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Ken Notes: I always sort of liked California pushing the envelope on energy and consumer protection standards. Sometimes they are right, and lead the charge, sometimes they are wrong, and we become the black market into the state. I do understand the costs for the automotive industry bending to unique standards for one State. But we are a country of somewhat independent States and that is what makes us strong. There are other options and 22 States agree...

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