On Tuesday, Ohio joined several oil companies and business groups in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn California’s regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
Valero’s Diamond Alternative Energy and other plaintiffs have challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority under the Clean Air Act to grant waivers that permit California to set stricter greenhouse gas emissions limits than the federal government. The state of Midwest has also joined in this challenge following several Supreme Court rulings that have weakened U.S. agency authority.
According to the Ohio plaintiffs’ petition to the Supreme Court, “California, despite not being the golden child, has been given precedence over other states in the Clean Air Act by being granted exclusive power to enact specific environmental laws.”
Requests for comment were made to Ohio’s attorney general, who initiated the case, and the EPA, but there has been no immediate response.
Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles, along with Valerie Volcovici and David Shepardson in Washington, reported on this story. The article was edited by Sandra Maler.
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