Red states aim to pull the plug on Biden’s ‘unlawful’ EV goals

Republican attorneys general from 25 states are warning the Biden administration that a proposal to force carmakers to go electric in the name of fighting climate change is unlawful, a potential precursor for a legal challenge from GOP officials.

The officials told the Environmental Protection Agency that its proposed emissions reduction rule for tailpipes that critics have described as a “de facto ban” on gas-powered vehicles is “unlawful, unwise and unsustainable.”

“While billed as tightening existing standards for ‘criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from’ certain motor vehicles …...