D.C. Circuit: Commerce Clause Allows EPA To Waive CAA Regulations For California

( April 11, 2024, 11:32 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency has the right to waive Clean Air Act (CAA) standards for new automobile emissions as they apply to California because the powers granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution allow it to treat states differently when enacting legislation that affects interstate commerce, a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found in denying petitions review filed by several states....