Inside Climate News: Court Stalls EPA Plan to Override California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards

Sept 3 - A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from challenging California’s longstanding authority to set vehicle pollution standards stricter than federal requirements. The legal dispute stems from a decision announced in June by EPA administrator Lee Zeldin, who said the agency had determined that four of California’s Clean Air Act preemption waivers were actually “rules” subject to congressional approval under the Congressional Review Act. For decades, the waivers have allowed the state to adopt its own vehicle emissions standards and attack its smog problem — with ripple effects across the country. DETAILS.