AG Coleman announces defeat of EV mandate

Attorney General Russell Coleman announced today the long-awaited defeat of the Biden Administration's burdensome emissions regulations from the Federal Highway Administration.

In 2023, Kentucky led a coalition of 21 states to challenge the Biden Administration's attempt to drive gas-powered cars off the road. The FHWA rule would have forced states to set declining emissions targets for vehicles that travel on federal interstates and highways. 

It was just one of the previous administration's attempts to force a partisan green agenda on Kentucky families. Estimates show that the cost to establish initial emissions targets required hundreds of hours of manpower, costing each state over $600,000.

In April 2024, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky declared the FHWA rule was unlawful. The Biden Administration appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. 

Since taking office, President Trump withdrew the former president's position and FHWA moved to voluntarily dismiss the appeal, delivering a victory for the attorneys general and allowing the district court's ruling to stand.