AUSTIN - Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a 14-state coalition challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations on vehicle emissions.
A petition for review was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
“At a time when American gas prices are skyrocketing at the pump, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict shows again the absolute need for energy independence, Biden chooses to go to war against fossil fuels,” said Attorney General Paxton.
“These severe new rules proposed by the EPA are not only unnecessary, but they will create a deliberate disadvantage to Texas and all states who are involved in the production of oil and gas. I will not allow this federal overreach to wreak havoc on our economy or the livelihoods of hard-working Texans.”
A press release states Biden’s decrees micromanage greenhouse gas emissions for cars and trucks, far exceeding EPA’s authority and violating the U.S. Constitution’s separation-of-powers principles.
Paxton contends the new rule seeks to promote the Biden Administration’s climate change agenda by promoting electric vehicle usage over other means of transportation that use fossil fuels.
The press release states that if the regulations are left in place it will impose major economic harms on Texas by stressing its electric grid and decreasing the need for gasoline by billions of gallons, effectively destroying Texas’s robust energy industry. Other states that would have benefited from increased production in renewable fuels will also be negatively impacted.