Hours after President Donald Trump signed a package of resolutions to block California’s vehicle emission standards, California fired back with legal action.
On June 12, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, and California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit alleging that the actions are an illegal use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
In a statement, Newsom accused the president of “destroying our clean air and America’s global competitiveness in the process.”
Specifically, the lawsuit seeks to retain the Golden State’s Clean Air Act waivers, which allow California to enforce stricter vehicle emissions standards than those mandated by the federal government....
