California standards cover more than just fuel economy.
the Supreme Court in April that the Environmental Protection Agency had authority to regulate such emissions “plainly emboldened” Judge Sessions, who “takes the further step of endorsing an actual exercise of such authority by the states.”
Under the California law, the emissions reductions for cars in the 2016 model year could be 30 percent or more below current levels.
Mr. Sharif, a wealthy industrialist, is certainly no hero.
And there is particular irony in his self-promotion as an opponent of military rule, since the military first helped put him in office.