The American Trucking Associations and two petroleum industry trade groups asked a federal judge to enjoin the Oregon low-carbon fuel standard on the grounds it violates the commerce clause of the Constitution and is preempted by federal statutes (Am. Fuel & Petrochemical Mfrs. v. O'Keeffe, D. Ore., No. 3:15-cv-00467, 3/23/15). Oregon lawmakers passed a bill March 4 that keeps the state on track to reduce by 10 percent the life-cycle carbon intensity of vehicle fuels by 2025 by removing a Dec. 31 sunset clause that would have killed the program before its rules could be implemented.
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