Posted on 05/01/2018 11:08:50 AM PDT by rktman
Eighteen states on Tuesday sued President Trump’s administration over its push to “reconsider” greenhouse-gas-emission rules for the nation’s auto fleet, launching a legal battle over one of Barack Obama’s most significant efforts to address climate change.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt in April said he would revisit the Obama-era rules, which aim to raise efficiency requirements to about 50 miles per gallon by 2025. Pruitt’s agency said that the standards are “based on outdated information” and that new data suggests “the current standards may be too stringent.”
But in the lawsuit, the states contend that the EPA acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” in changing course on the greenhouse-gas regulations.
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18 states of insanity...eco-lunatics.
Thanks for finding that list!
From another source.
Except for Iowa looks like Blue states...
Hmmm what is their gain in doing this .....
The states:
CALIFORNIA
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ILLINOIS
IOWA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MINNESOTA
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
>>Unfortunately, the enabling legislation by Congress for the EPA gives the agency’s regulations the full force of law. Of course the executive branch can repeal regs but I am sure the courts will rule against Trump<<
Same as EOs. obozo’s EOs were written on stone tables, handed down by God and are de-facto part of the Constitution itself.
Trump’s EOs are suggestions to be ignored on a whim and challenged in court and adjudged the same by liberal judges.
I wish the administration would quit pussyfooting around and the freaking eGOP would get their butts into court to support Trump!
If the rules had not yet gone into effect, they have no standing to sue in support.
Judge rktman can also rule the states have no standing. What state can provide evidence it has been harmed?
Verifiable evidence.
Exxon Mobil should stop the sale of ALL petroleum products to CA.
Would be fun to watch.
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Eighteen out of fifty.
The AGs of those states (Soros sponsored) can go and reproduce asexually.
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Someone thinks it’s a phalanx of states. Okee Dokee then. But what about the fly over states? Not many I’d venture.
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