Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A group of environmental organizations filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for rolling back rules to cut tailpipe pollution.
On Thursday, the Trump administration announced an end to greenhouse gas emission standards for all vehicles made in 2012 or later. It revoked the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and all other emission standards for greenhouse gases. The EPA said in a press release that it will save taxpayers $1.3 trillion.
The lawsuit, announced by the Environmental Law & Policy Center, names the agency and its administrator, Lee Zeldin.
The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to limit vehicle emissions of any pollutant that the agency determines "cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare," the ELPC press release said.
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