The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to California's authority to set stricter auto emissions standards than federal benchmarks. While this is a victory for environmental advocates, legal battles over California's clean air policies are expected to continue in the future.
Environment al advocates are cautiously optimistic after the Supreme Court left California's nation-leading auto emissions standards in place — at least for the moment. The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge from Ohio and 16 other conservative states that aimed to strip California of its authority to adopt vehicle emissions standards stricter than federal benchmarks.
However, days earlier, justices announced they will decide whether red-state fuel producers have legal standing to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged financial losses caused by California's stringent fuel economy standards and electric vehicle mandate. State policymakers and environmental advocates view the Supreme Court's decision to leave California's regulatory powers intact as a triumph. But, as an adversarial presidential administration is poised to take office, experts say they anticipate a flurry of legal objections over nearly all forthcoming California clean air policies. 'The Supreme Court was right to turn away this radical request by Republican-led states to upend decades of law letting California cut pollution and clean our air,' said Daniel Villaseñor, a spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom. 'California’s authority was codified in the Clean Air Act by none other than Republican Richard Nixon, who recognized that California should continue serving as a lab for innovation to show the nation what's possible with smart policy.' The battle to alleviate air pollution and reduce planet-warming gases will be waged largely in the courts over the next four years, according to experts. And the legal strategy, they say, will need to focus on defending California's aggressive clean air rules as much as it will be about ushering in new regulation. 'It's good news, at least in the short term,' said Joe Lyou, president of California-based nonprofit the Coalition for Clean Air. 'Everyone's concerned about what's going to happen in the long term
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