The Supreme Court on June 20 sided 7–2 with fuel producers challenging California’s tough vehicle emissions standards.
The new ruling revives the producers’ lawsuit against the standards.
On June 12, President Donald Trump said that he had signed into law a congressional measure that blocks “California’s attempt to impose a nationwide electric vehicle mandate and to regulate national fuel economy by regulating carbon emissions.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion in Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The lead petitioner, Diamond Alternative Energy, is a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp.
Other petitioners include American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, Clean Fuels Development Coalition, Domestic Energy Producers Alliance, Energy Marketers of America, and several agriculture industry organizations….