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Environmental & Energy

Jun. 13, 2025

California sues over Trump's rollback of clean car waivers

California's authority to enforce stricter vehicle emissions rules is once again under fire--this time from a rarely used federal statute. Now, with President Donald Trump's latest push to block those waivers, state officials are taking the fight to court.

After months of escalating political rhetoric, California's long-running battle over its authority to set vehicle emissions standards is heading back to federal court.

The clash was triggered after President Donald Trump signed a trio of resolutions under the Congressional Review Act that aim to revoke decades-old clean air waivers granted to the state--moves California officials denounced as unlawful and unprecedented.

"We refuse to let this unprecedented and i...

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