Auto Dealers, U.S. Chamber Take on California Climate Regulation
Although automakers essentially signed a peace treaty last May with the Obama administration and the state of California, some arms of the industry don’t seem to have gotten the olive branch. On Tuesday, the National Automobile Dealers Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce quietly filed a preliminary lawsuit in Washington, D.C. federal court. It was so quiet that hardly anyone noticed the papers had been entered until today. The litigants want to take away California’s right to regulate tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions. The bare-bones September 8 filing did not spell out their arguments, but a more complete document is due in court by October 13. The suit caught many of the major players, including the targeted Environmental Protection Agency, unawares. The EPA and…
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