The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a case seeking to challenge California’s ability to set tighter car emissions standards than the EPA.
The challenge from a group of energy companies and trade groups is to the agency’s waiver giving California the ability to set tighter standards than the rest of the country under the law known as the Clean Air Act. The case is part of a long-running legal battle over California’s ability to set its own environmental standards.
The justices on Friday granted review of only part of the challenge: over whether the companies and trade groups can continue their case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit had previously tossed it. The high court will likely issue a decision before the end of the court’s term in June.
