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Foes of California's emissions standards and EV goals take case to U.S. Supreme Court


Opponents of California's ambitious targets for electric car adoption to lower greenhouse gas emissions took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court this week, the latest salvo against the state's campaign to fight climate change.

LOS ANGELES — Opponents of California's ambitious targets for electric car adoption to lower greenhouse gas emissions took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court this week, the latest salvo against the state's campaign to fight climate change. That decision invoked the "major questions" doctrine, which requires explicit congressional authorization before regulators can take consequential actions on issues of vast economic, political and societal impact. California also does not need its own emissions standards to meet global climate change since its efforts would have no discernable effect on those conditions in the state, they added.

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