( January 29, 2026, 2:31 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court Appeals consolidated four appeals brought by several trade, business and government organizations of the denial by a New York federal judge of motions to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit against the United States filed by a group of states that follow California’s regulations for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for new motor vehicles challenging a series of recent resolutions that eliminated Clean Air Act (CAA) preemption waivers....