California is being sued by a free market business group, the legal department of which is led by former Attorney General William Barr, for the state’s zero-emissions vehicle mandate.
The tight new restrictions seek to phase out all diesel-powered, heavy-duty vehicles by 2036.
Launched in 2022, the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed the lawsuit this week with co-plaintiff Associated Equipment Distributors with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The suit lists California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Air Resources Board Executive Officer Steven Cliff as defendants.
The plaintiffs allege that California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulations are in violation of the federal Clean Air Act because the state never obtained a waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement the plan. The new rules, which kicked in this year, say trucking companies
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