The US Supreme Court appeared likely to give fuel producers a narrow win on whether they can challenge government auto emissions regulations while rejecting their broader argument for a categorical rule allowing certain parties to sue whenever a regulation affects their business indirectly.
At the heart of the dispute argued on Wednesday are California’s stringent pollution standards intended to tackle the climate crisis, which required a waiver of EPA emissions benchmarks. But the issue before the justices asks only whether energy companies can get their day in court.
In particular, the question is whether the fuel producers have shown that ...