California is suing the federal government through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its challenge to state rules for stricter limits on vehicle emissions, the California Attorney General’s Office said on June 22. Earlier in June, the federal agency said California was usurping EPA authority through its rulemaking and contested four waivers granted by previous administrations without congressional review. It said it had “determined that each of these waivers is a rule” and sought their review “as mandated under the CRA (Congressional Review Act).” The waivers allowed the state to impose stricter emissions standards for cars, trucks, lawn mowers, and other equipment than federally required, resulting in a “push towards electric vehicles across the nation” and challenges for automakers to fit California’s standards, impacting vehicle costs across the board due to the restrictions in America’s largest market, the EPA explained at the time....