Overview

• Attorneys general led by Massachusetts’ Andrea Campbell and New York’s Letitia James filed detailed comments arguing the repeal would flout federal law, Supreme Court precedent and congressional intent.
• Every Democratic senator signed a letter organized by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Leader Chuck Schumer opposing elimination of the 2009 finding and related motor-vehicle regulations.
• New York City joined coordinated filings warning the rollback would heighten flooding and extreme heat risks and disrupt the city’s plan to end sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom submitted a formal comment calling the proposal unlawful and negligent, citing deaths and damages from wildfires, extreme heat, drought and floods in the state.
• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin defends the plan by invoking the major questions doctrine and a DOE Climate Working Group report, asserting prior analyses were flawed and that the rules carry about $1 trillion in aggregate costs plus $54 billion annually.