California Auto Dealers File Appeal against Upcoming EPA Emissions Regulations

On Thursday, September 10, several California auto dealers appealed the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to establish greenhouse gas emission standards for automobiles.

The U.S. Court of Appeals will review the EPA’s decision, which calls for new emissions standards by 2016 in an attempt to curb global climate change and other automobile-induced environmental degradation.

The EPA’s California decision has become a template for those looking to reduce carbon emissions, and it is expected that the Obama administration will announce a plan similar to the EPA’s California efforts, calling for nationwide fuel efficiency standards of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016.

While California Air Resources Board Chairperson Mary Nichols says predicts that the EPA will win the appeal, Robin Conrad is not as optimistic. Conrad, the executive vice president for the National Chamber Litigation Center claims that the EPA’s decision to call for strict California emissions standards had “no legal justification.” Conrad also added, “global warming is an international issue, not a local one.”

Court motions are due in October. Whatever the appellate court decides, the ruling is expected to have broad ramifications. Should the EPA win the appeal, the stage will be set for updated emissions regulations in other states; if the EPA loses, it will become more difficult for states to enact updated carbon emissions standards in the near future.

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