Numerous States Sue EPA Over Calif. Clean Trucks Rule

Led by Iowa, 19 states have filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for granting California a waiver to eventually ban diesel truck sales. 

The document, which was filed June 5 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, challenges the EPA’s waiver and seeks a court review.  

The waiver, which was granted March 31, allows California to impose stricter emission standards on heavy-duty vehicles than federal law allows. Under California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule, all trucks and heavy-duty engines sold in the state having to be emission-free by 2045. 

Besides Iowa, the other states involved are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. 

“The EPA and California have no right or legal justification to force truckers to follow their radical climate agenda,” stated Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird. "America would grind to a halt without truckers who deliver our food, clothes and other necessities.”