LINCOLN- Nebraska is leading the charge in two multistate lawsuits filed against a California regulatory board and the Environmental Protection Agency related to new emissions rules. Attorney General Mike Hilgers, in announcing the lawsuits against the California Air Resources Board and the EPA, said new regulations on internal combustion engines and greenhouse gas emissions are unconstitutional and will “put us on a collision course” for a national mandate for electric vehicles.

Twenty-four states joined the lawsuit against the EPA and 17 states in the California lawsuit. Hilgers said the rule from the California board, which is continuing goals for zero-emission vehicle requirements, will prevent Nebraska and many other states from doing business in California and reaching its ports. The lawsuit focuses on the U.S. Constitution and its broader impacts on interstate commerce.

Gov. Jim Pillen, who joined Hilgers at a press conference along with representatives of trucking companies and the Nebraska Trucking Association, said Nebraska is in the center of the country and ships products to both coasts. This helps to “feed the world, save the planet” through state agriculture, he added.

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