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Sep. 24, 2026

California presses to end federal challenge to vehicle-emissions rules

California urged a federal judge to dismiss the Trump administration's challenge to its vehicle-emissions standards, arguing that expired zero-emission vehicle requirements and remaining greenhouse-gas rules give the federal government no concrete injury to challenge.

California urged a federal judge Thursday to dismiss the Trump administration's challenge to the state's vehicle-emissions standards, arguing that the federal government cannot show it has been harmed by rules that have either expired or do not interfere with federal law.

"There is no plausible allegation that any of these standards are having an impact on the market," Deputy Attorney General Caitlan McLoon told U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta.

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