An appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to postpone arguments over a Biden-era climate change rule.
The Justice Department last week asked the 6th U.S. Court of Appeals to delay a Feb. 5 hearing to give it more time to review the Federal Highway Administration rule that requires states to measure and report the amount of heat-trapping pollution created by highway and road projects that receive federal dollars.
The court turned down the request Tuesday without offering an explanation. The decision means the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump will defend the rule against arguments from a group of Republican-led states.
A judge in Kentucky ruled last year that the agency had overstepped its authority in issuing the rule. The Biden administration appealed.
