Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has announced that a federal judge has stopped the Biden administration’s highway pollution rule, which sought to remove gas-powered vehicles from the road.
Moody filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on behalf of a coalition of 21 state attorneys general against the Federal Highway Administration’s rule requiring states to limit CO2 emissions on highways.
“This court decision is a major victory against Biden overstepping his authority to push a radical political agenda on Americans. Biden’s highway emissions rule would have harmed our state’s opportunities for future economic development. We will continue fighting to protect Floridians’ interests against federal overreach,” said Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody.
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If the FHWA’s rule had not been struck down, it would have required states to set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from on-road sources.
Multiple states commented that the FHWA rule may cause the elimination of future economic development and job creation projects.
The attorneys general of the following states joined Attorney General Moody in filing a challenge to the FHWA rule: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
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