The Trump administration can drop an appeal of a court decision that vacated the Department of Transportation’s Biden-era rule aimed at limiting highway emissions, the Fifth Circuit said Tuesday.
“Upon further consideration, DOT no longer wishes to pursue appellate review of the district court’s decision in this case,” the agency said in its unopposed motion filed Feb. 3 with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
- The 2023 final rule, challenged by Texas, established a method for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation
- It also required states to set declining carbon dioxide targets—unspecified by …
