U.S. District Judge Anthony Ishii has ruled that automakers can continue their lawsuit seeking to block strict vehicle emission standards adopted two years ago by California regulators.
The auto emission standards adopted by the California Air Resources Board were designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks by 25 percent and from sport utility vehicles by 18 percent starting in 2009. Ten other states have since adopted the California standard.
The automobile industry sued in U.S. District Court in Fresno, arguing that the state law amounts to an attempt to set new fuel-economy standards, something it says can be done only by the federal government.
Judge Ishii ruled the suit should go to trial Jan. 30.
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