SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and 16 other U.S. states are suing the Trump administration over its plans to scrap standards for how much greenhouse gases vehicles can emit.
California Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the lawsuit Tuesday.
It takes aim at a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to scrap standards for vehicles manufactured between 2022 and 2025.
The standards would have required vehicles to get 36 miles per gallon (58 kilometers per gallon) by 2025, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) over the existing standard.
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt says the standards are not appropriate and need revision.
Joining California are Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Thank you Maura Healy as well as the other 15 state AG’s for this.
Meanwhile, Trump is once again demonstrating that his brain stopped absorbing new information sometime in the late 1980s … apparently he still thinks “Moonbeam” is a meaningful nickname for Gov. Brown.
"EPA administrator Scott Pruitt says the standards are not appropriate and need revision.’
And what revisions do you suggest, Administrator Pruitt? Oh, I’m sorry…how rude of me.
What revisions do your corporate overlords suggest?
They’d be good with NASCAR and NHRA mileage standards.
They’d certainly sell more gasoline.