The Supreme Court on Friday joined President Trump and congressional Republicans in siding with the oil and gas industry in its challenge to California's drive for electric vehicles. In a 7-2 decision,

The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Friday with fuel producers that had opposed California's standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air pollution law, agreeing that their legal challenge to the mandates should not have been dismissed.

The Supreme Court ruled that energy producers can sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its 2022 approval of California’s strict vehicle emissions standards. The high court ruled 7-2 in favor of allowing a group of energy producers and royalty owners,