A coalition of Republican-led states is asking a federal appeals court to scrap the Biden administration’s new tailpipe rule for passenger cars and trucks, saying it exceeds EPA’s authority.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, along with Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and 23 other states, on Thursday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review EPA’s new climate regulation, find it unlawful and vacate it.
The Republicans charge that the rule — the strongest-ever tailpipe emissions clampdown — would remake the automotive market, pushing electric vehicle sales from 8.4 percent of total vehicle sales today to 67 percent by 2032.
“This rule is legally flawed and unrealistic, to say the least,” Morrisey said in a statement. “With the high prices of electric vehicles, this would have devastating effects in the daily lives of consumers — many of whom are already suffering from the burdens of historically high inflation.”
