Twenty-five Republican-controlled states on Friday jumped into litigation to defend the Trump EPA’s repeal of the greenhouse gas endangerment finding and stop the return of emissions standards for vehicles and other sources.
The move to take on “intervenor” status for the states reflects the partisan nature of climate law and regulation.
Democratic-led states are expected to file their own legal challenges to the repeal, but have not yet done so. Environmental and public health groups have filed lawsuits — “a cadre of special interest groups,” according to the Republican-controlled states — as well as a coalition of youths.
The states argued they have “good reason” to help defend the Trump repeal, which also undid all federal regulation of greenhouse gases from vehicles.
