California climate kooks lose in Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday shattered the dreams of California’s climate justice warriors in a decision that saw one of the three liberal justices side against them.

In a 7-2 ruling, the high court allowed the state’s energy producers to pursue their lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as they seek to undo state laws regulating the number of electric vehicles that must be sold before 2035, the point at which California hopes to become carbon neutral.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, suggested that the EV mandates are “stringent” and a potentially “unlawful” targeting of a specific industry by the government.

“The government generally may not target a business or industry through stringent and allegedly unlawful regulation, and then evade the resulting lawsuits by claiming that the targets of its regulation should be locked out of court as unaffected bystanders,” said Kavanaugh. “In light of this Court’s precedents and the evidence before the Court of Appeals, the fuel producers established Article III standing to challenge EPA’s approval of the California regulations.”

Critically, the “EPA has repeatedly altered its legal position on whether the Clean Air Act authorizes California regulations targeting greenhouse-gas emissions from new motor vehicles,” Kavanaugh noted.

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed three resolutions undoing large swaths of California’s green energy mandates, virtually eviscerating the liberal state’s ability to become net-zero within 10 years. The move was a gut-punch for Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is expected to run for president in 2028 and has touted signing into law the most aggressive climate legislation in the country.
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The market should decide what kind of cars people can buy, not the climate kooks. If people want EVs, they can still buy them, but if they want a rebuilt Hot Rod, they can have that choice, too.   While I live in Texas, I would hate to have to give up my F-150.  It is a good truck that also gets good gas mileage.  It is a clean vehicle that gets better mileage than compact vehicles I have owned.