California ‘Comforted’ by Trump Officials After Authority Threat
- Feds are just exploring attack on state’s rules, Nichols says
- Automakers don’t want long court fight, board official says
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The head of the California’s clean air agency doesn’t expect a protracted court fight from President Donald Trump’s proposed challenge to the state’s legal authority to regulate tailpipe emissions.
Trump officials have told the state they’re just seeking public comment on the possibility of challenging the California’s power to write emissions standards that in some cases are tougher than the federal government’s, Mary Nichols, the chair of the California Air Resources Board, said Tuesday in San Francisco.