( March 23, 2026, 1:15 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 20 consolidated a petition filed by 24 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and a number of cities and counties challenging a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency final action published in the Federal Register that rescinded Obama-era greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution regulations for engines and vehicles with a similar petition filed by a myriad of environmental advocacy groups and multiple others over the EPA’s massive deregulatory action....