EPA’s climate rollback squeezes states

EPA's Climate Rollback Squeezes States

States will have few options for fighting local air pollution if the EPA repeals federal rules to limit vehicle emissions.

EPA's plan to stop regulating tailpipe emissions forces states to make a choice: compensate by clamping down harder on pollution within their borders, or risk violating the Clean Air Act.

Without reductions from vehicles, states must more and more aggressively squeeze emissions reductions from stationary sources or develop burdensome regulations of consumer products.

State officials argue that a patchwork of state regulations would be more expensive and less effective than keeping federal rules that limit pollution from cars and trucks.

Author's summary: EPA's plan affects states' climate targets.

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E&E News E&E News — 2025-10-14

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