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California, New York sue to block Trump administration from revoking higher auto emissions standards waiver
California and New York filed a lawsuit Friday to try to block the Trump administration from revoking the states’ authority to set their own vehicle emission standards.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced he was revoking the authority for California, saying in a tweet that it would “produce far less expensive cars for the consumer, while at the same time making the cars substantially SAFER.”
The state’s waiver under the Clean Air Act allowed it to set standards tighter than the federal standards, which have been adopted by more than a dozen states and became the de-facto nationwide standard, because automakers do not design different sets of vehicles to meet different standards in different states.
The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Washington, DC, was signed onto by attorneys general from more than two dozen states and cities — including the District of Columbia — led by Democrats. Among other things, the states argue that the move by the administration would infringe on their authority and interfere with their ability to “to address greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution.”
The plaintiffs also claim that the move would cause an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, thus interfering with their ability “to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets or mandates.”
“The increased emissions will also contribute to and exacerbate the ongoing and future impacts of climate change in” the states and cities, the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit, which names the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as defendants, is the latest action by a coalition of Democratic-contolled states and cities to block an action by the Trump administration that they see as harmful. After the President made his announcement on Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said Trump was acting “on a political vendetta” against the state, which the administration has long been at odds with, especially on environmental issues.
Newsom said in a statement on Thursday that his state “won’t bend to the President’s reckless and politically motivated attacks on our clean car waiver.”
The Department of Transportation did not immediately return a request for comment.
By: NBC Palm Springs
September 20, 2019
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