Giving Compass' Take:

• Katie Pyzyk reports that three cities and twenty-three states are suing the EPA over the decision to loosen vehicle emissions standards. 

• How can funders support efforts to increase air quality through litigation? 

• Read about what U.S. cities must do to achieve a clean electric future. 

Twenty-three states and three cities — Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC — are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its decision to loosen vehicle emissions standards.
The lawsuit is intended to block the EPA from revoking portions of a wavier it granted California in 2013 to set its own standards for vehicle efficiency and electric vehicles.

Thirteen other states follow California's rules, at least partially. "California will not back down when it comes to protecting our people, our health, and our environment from preventable pollution," California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who filed the lawsuit, said in a statement. "California's Clean Car Standards are achievable. They not only work, many other states around the country have chosen to adopt them."

This lawsuit is the latest in a long string of actions that have occurred over the last two years during the tug-of-war between the Trump administration and state and local governments over the environment. Dozens of mayors condemned the EPA's announcement last year that it would roll back Obama-era vehicle emissions standards and re-examine California's waiver and vowed to fight the Trump Administration on the matter.

Read the full article about suing over vehicle emission standards by Katie Pyzyk at Smart Cities Dive.