The lawsuit alleges that the Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicle rule is based on faulty science opposed by the EPA's own staff.
On Wednesday, 23 states, 4 cities and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration accusing it of endangering public health with its rollback of the Obama-era Clean Car Standards which sought to make cars more fuel efficient.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to review the decision-making process by the EPA, the Transportation Department and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Plaintiffs also claim the SAFE Vehicle rule violates the Clean Air Act, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.
EPA calculations determined that the rule change would result in the use of nearly 2 billion additional barrels of fuel being used, creating anywhere from 867 million to 923 million additional metric tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere, contributing to rising global temperatures.
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