California officials vow to sue after Senate uses Congressional Review Act to rescind EPA waivers for vehicle standards

California Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta and state environmental officials announced plans to sue the Trump administration after the U.S. Senate used the Congressional Review Act to rescind EPA waivers that allowed California to set its own vehicle-emission standards.

The officials said the Senate action undermines California’s long-standing authority under the federal Clean Air Act and threatens public health, the state’s electric-vehicle market and jobs tied to clean-vehicle investment. Attorney General Rob Bonta said, “We intend to sue the Trump administration over the unlawful use of the Congressional Review Act.”

At a news briefing at the California Environmental Protection Agency, Yana Garcia, California Secretary for Environmental Protection, framed the dispute as part of a broader fight to protect clean air and public health. “We will fight this illegal attempt to overturn California’s waivers and challenge our authority under the Clean Air Act,” Garcia said, adding that recent climate-driven disasters and wildfire costs in California total roughly $16,000,000,000 per…