25 State Coalition Sues to Block Biden Admin.'s EV Mandate


   
   OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) --- Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and West 
Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey lead a 25-state coalition in a 
lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block the agency's 
tailpipe emissions rule.

   They say the new rule imposes unworkable emission standards on passenger 
cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty trucks with internal combustion 
engines to drive production of electric vehicles "so they account for nearly 
70% of car sales in less than a decade."

   The court document says the petitioners will show EPA's final rule exceeds 
its "statutory authority and otherwise, is arbitrary, capricious, and abuse of 
discretion, and not in accordance with law," and asks the court to "declare 
unlawful and vacate the agency's final action."

   EPA on March 20 announced final national pollution standards for passenger 
cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles for model years 2027 through 
2032 and beyond. Over the six-year period, greenhouse gas standards increase in 
stringency. The agency said the final standards are projected to accelerate the 
transition to clean vehicle technologies.

   "The Biden Administration is willing to sacrifice the American auto industry 
and its workers in service of its radical green agenda. We just aren't buying 
it. Demand for EV's continues to fall, and even those who want to buy one can't 
afford it amid historic inflation," said Coleman. "For the nearly 58,000 auto 
workers who clock in every day in Louisville, Bowling Green, Georgetown and 
more, we will keep fighting President Biden's illegal mandates that put the 
American Dream farther out of reach."

   EVs account for less than 1% of vehicles operating in Ky., as of Sept. 30, 
2023, according to the release from Coleman's office.

   The attorneys general said the forced transition to EVs would all but 
devastate the American economy, threatening jobs, raising prices, and 
undermining the reliability of the electric grid.

   In addition to Ky. and W.Va., the coalition includes Alabama, Alaska, 
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, 
Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming, joined




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