April 19, 2023
Federal environmental regulators exceeded their authority by imposing tailpipe emission standards that mandate a national transition to electric vehicles, with enormous economic and political consequences, Republican-led states and petrochemical interests told the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
March 22, 2023
The Biden administration defended its vehicle fuel standards before the D.C. Circuit, urging the appellate court to strike down consolidated challenges brought by Republican-led states and industry groups, saying they can't create a fictional world where alternative-fuel vehicles don't exist.
February 27, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked the D.C. Circuit to trash Texas and a group of other Republican-leaning states' and several industry organizations' legal challenge to its regulations strengthening greenhouse gas standards for auto emissions.
January 02, 2023
Some huge environmental cases are on the docket for courts across the country in 2023, including an expected Supreme Court ruling on the Clean Water Act's reach, lawsuits over the federal government's efforts to control vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy, a high court dispute over Superfund liability, and emerging chemicals litigation.
November 04, 2022
Texas and a group of other Republican-leaning states and several industry organizations led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute have asked the D.C. Circuit to strike down the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regulations strengthening greenhouse gas standards for auto emissions, arguing that the agency overstepped its authority.
February 28, 2022
A Texas-led group of states is slamming the Biden administration's push to strengthen greenhouse gas standards for auto emissions, telling the D.C. Circuit on Monday it must intervene and stop a purported federal war on fossil fuels.