21 States Sue Biden Admin Over Highway Emissions Rule

Published on December 22, 2023

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed another lawsuit against the Biden administration for federal overreach on Dec. 21. Filing with the attorneys general from 20 other states, the lawsuit challenges President Joe Biden’s new rule requiring all states with the National Highway System to set “arbitrary emission targets” as part of the administration’s efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The rule was published on Dec. 7 by the Federal Highway Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and is expected to go into effect on Jan. 8, 2024. The attorney general’s office said, “This rule forces states to spend an inordinate amount of time, resources, and money with no clear guidance for what success looks like,” and the complaint argued that the DOT lacks the authority from congress to regulate greenhouse gas emissions....

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