Court Won’t Yet Drop Challenge to EPA Basis for Revising Car Rules

A California-led coalition will get to counter in court the EPA’s determination that federal fuel economy standards should be relaxed, an appeals court said.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a Nov. 21 order rejected requests from the Trump administration and auto industry trade groups to drop a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s fuel economy determination without considering the merits.

At issue is the EPA’s April 2 determination that fuel economy standards for model year 2022-2025 passenger cars must be revised. That determination underpinned the Trump administration’s Aug. 24