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Washington will take the Trump Administration to court over its decision to block California and other states from setting vehicle emission standards more stringent than those of the federal government.
The administration acted after California infuriated the 45th president. It negotiated standards with four automakers just as Trump's Environmental Protection Agency was rolling back requirements set under the Obama Administration.
"We will file a lawsuit challenging this unlawful action," Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who has beaten the administration in court 21 times, said in a statement.
"If the Trump administration has its way, Washingtonians will be left with fewer options for cleaner, more efficient cars that get more gas mileage or use no gas at all. This means driving would cost more and pollute more."
Gov. Jay Inslee backed the lawsuit threat and said the state's citizens "deserve better than Trump's dangerous anti-environmental policy.
"If the Administration refuses to accept the scientific reality of climate change, they need to get out of the way and let states like Washington lead on this issue," Inslee added.
The Trump Administration has been ripping up environmental protections in recent days. It has axed a limit on methane emissions, gutted Clean Water Act requirements, and proposed opening the entire coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, pipelines and haul roads.
Under the Clean Air Act, passed during the Nixon administration, populous California was allowed to set stricter emission standards for vehicles sold within state lines. The waiver was allowed, subject to EPA approval, because of California's longstanding smog problem.
Other states have adopted California standards: Car makers have negotiated, knowing the big car markets involved.
Washington has adopted California's vehicle efficiency standards, but not yet its Zero Emission Vehicle standards. The emission standards are due for legislative action in 2020.
"We are committed to responsibly transitioning our economy away from fossil fuels and passing the policy in 2020 as part of fulfilling that commitment," State Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, chairman of the Senate's energy-environment committee, said in a statement.
California said it will also sue over removal of its right to set emission standards, a longtime cornerstone of public policy in the Golden State.
"Our message to those who claim to support states rights is, 'Don't trample on ours'," Attorney Xavier Becerra said. "We cannot afford to backslide in our battle against climate change."
Even without the emission standards, new cars will somehow be "extremely environmentally friendly," Trump said in a tweet.