California Can Keep Its Strict Vehicle-Emission Limits, Court Rules

Published on April 12, 2024

California can continue to set its own limits for motor vehicle emissions after a federal court ruling April 9, despite legal challenges from fuel companies and 17 Republican-led states. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Appeals Court upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant California a waiver, allowing the state to set stricter tailpipe emissions limits and electric-vehicle requirements than those set by the federal government, which were revoked by the EPA in 2019 under then-President Donald Trump and later restored by President Joe Biden. “Today the court sided with common sense and public health against the fossil fuel industry and Republican-led states. This ruling reaffirms California’s longstanding right to address pollution from cars and trucks, work started by Gov. Ronald Reagan and codified by President Richard Nixon,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement Tuesday....

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