SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 22 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging its latest attack on California's efforts to improve air quality and protect public health. Last week, EPA purported to reclassify four Clean Air Act preemption waivers previously granted to California as "rules" subject to Congressional disapproval and sent them to Congress in apparent pursuit of such disapproval. The four waivers - which allow California to implement CARB's 2008 Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for cars; CARB...