President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is considering rescinding California’s permission to tackle climate change through stringent automobile pollution limits, the administration said in a US Supreme Court filing.
In a motion that asked the court to put a pending case on hold, acting US Solicitor General Sarah Harris said the EPA had decided to “reassess the basis for and soundness of” a 2022 Biden administration decision allowing the pollution curbs.
The court is currently planning to consider a preliminary question in a lawsuit over the EPA’s power to authorize the California emissions limits. At issue is whether the entities ...