California Sues Trump Administration Over Car Emissions Rules

By artappraiser on Wed, 05/02/2018 - 12:12pm |

By Hiroko Tabuchi & Coral Davenport @ NYTimes.com, May 1

A coalition led by California sued the Trump administration over car emissions rules on Tuesday, escalating a revolt against a proposed rollback of fuel economy standards that threatens to split the country’s auto market.

In a lawsuit filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, California and its coalition — 16 other states and the District of Columbia — called the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to weaken auto emissions rules unlawful and accused the agency of failing to follow its own regulations, and of violating the Clean Air Act [....]

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/climate/california-sues-trump-administration.html