In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that fuel producers can proceed with their lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), challenging California\u2019s aggressive electric vehicle (EV) mandates. The decision marks a major setback for Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s plan to transition the state to carbon neutrality by 2035. Even one liberal justice joined the conservative majority, signaling the significance of the ruling. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, criticized the EPA\u2019s shifting legal stance and affirmed that the energy industry had standing to sue. \u201cThe government generally may not target a business or industry through stringent and allegedly unlawful regulation, and then evade the resulting lawsuits,\u201d Kavanaugh wrote. The regulations in question, approved by the EPA in 2012, require automakers to cut average fleet emissions and manufacture a set percentage of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n
Chet Thompson, president of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, called the decision a victory over what he labeled California\u2019s regulatory overreach. \u201cCongress did not give California special authority to ban gas vehicles or mandate EVs,\u201d he said. Meanwhile, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered another legal win for President Donald Trump by allowing him to retain control of the California National Guard. This reversed a lower court\u2019s ruling that Trump\u2019s deployment of the Guard violated the Tenth Amendment. Trump celebrated the decision on Truth Social, stating, \u201cWe saved L.A.,\u201d and insisted that without federal intervention, \u201cthe city would be burning to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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