Missouri is joining 19 other states in suing the Environmental Protection Agency for backing a California law that will phase out most gas-powered trucks by 2045.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced Monday that his is the 20th state to challenge the EPA’s decision to allow California to phase out medium- and heavy-duty, gas-powered vehicles while phasing in electric vehicles.
Bailey’s office described the law as an illegal ban.
“I will always fight to protect Missouri businesses, and that includes the trucking community that is vital to the success of our state,” Bailey said in a statement. “Joe Biden is partnering with California to attempt to upend Missouri’s economy through the federal administrative state, and my office isn’t going to stand for it.”
Andrew Bailey, Missouri’s attorney general, speaks to members of the media following oral arguments outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., US, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Photographer: Valerie…