California sues Trump for withholding data on vehicle emission rollback

Published April 5, 2019 7:52pm ET



California sued the Trump administration Friday to force it to provide data supporting its rollback of Obama-era vehicle emissions standards, which California called “radical.”

California’s Democratic Attorney General Xavier Becerra, suing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is seeking the release of documents from the Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that justify its plan to weaken the fuel efficiency rules.

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