Coral Davenport reports:
The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to formally revoke California’s authority to set auto emissions rules that are stricter than federal standards, taking a major step forward in its wide-ranging attack on government efforts to fight climate change.
The formal abolishment of one of California’s signature environmental policies — tailpipe pollution is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States — will be announced Wednesday afternoon at the Washington headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to two peoplefamiliar with the matter. Mr. Trump at the time will be traveling in California, where he is scheduled to attend fund-raisers in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.
Lawyers said the action takes the administration into uncharted legal territory in its battle with the state, which has vowed to fight the change all the way to the Supreme Court.
Okay, I'm just about ready to support California secession. Maybe the 13 other states that follow California's emissions standards can secede, too. All right, I don’t really mean that. But jeez. George Bush killed parody. Now Trump is on his way to wrecking surreality.
The reality is that this Trump attack is unlikely to succeed when it gets to the courts.
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Some background:
California and four major automakers stick it to Trump on fuel-efficiency standards, by Meteor Blades
Trump is trying to strip away California's right to set its own standards on air pollution, by Mark Sumner