California Auto Emissions Case Gets US Supreme Court Review (1)

The US Supreme Court will hear a clash involving California’s stringent vehicle pollution limits, agreeing to decide whether fuel producers have a legal right to sue over the regulations.

The justices said Friday they will hear a key preliminary question in a lawsuit over the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to let California tackle climate change through limits on auto emissions.

At issue is whether the entities pressing the suit — including an oil industry trade group and Valero Energy Corp. units that produce biofuels — are sufficiently affected by the regulations to go to court. A federal appeals court ...