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California sues EPA over move that could strip state of key vehicle emissions waivers
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s move to reclassify four Clean Air Act waivers that allow California to implement emissions standards beyond federal requirements. The lawsuit, the 72nd his office has filed against the second Trump Administration, follows a June 12 announcement that reclassified four waivers […] The post California sues EPA over move that could strip state of key vehicle emissions waivers appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, California sues EPA over move that could strip state of key vehicle emissions waivers, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s move to reclassify four Clean Air Act waivers that allow California to implement emissions standards beyond federal requirements. The lawsuit, the 72nd his office has filed against the second Trump Administration, follows a June 12 announcement that reclassified four waivers […] The post California sues EPA over move that could strip state of key vehicle emissions waivers appeared first on Local News Matters .
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