Today’s headlines: Trump admin. sued over vehicle efficiency rollbacks, and more

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TRANSPORTATION

• Nearly two dozen states, led by California, sue the Trump administration over its rollback of fuel efficiency standards for cars, saying it violates federal law and relies on a faulty analysis. (New York Times)
• FedEx orders 2,000 all-electric box trucks from American startup Harbinger, which estimates the shipping giant will save around $20,000 annually on fuel costs per truck. (Electrek)

NUCLEAR

• The DOE is expected to offer a roughly $4 billion loan package to Vistra Corp. today to help the company upgrade three of its nuclear plants. (Bloomberg)

CLIMATE LAWSUITS

• The Supreme Court will today hear a landmark case about whether local governments can sue oil companies over damages caused by climate change, with a decision expected by July. (New York Times, The Hill)

FOSSIL FUELS

• President Donald Trump says he will not impose a diesel export ban — and claims he never really considered one in the first place — after Europe caved to U.S. pressure and agreed to release fuel from its stockpiles. (Politico)
• The Korean government denies that it has finalized an investment in a long-stalled Alaskan natural gas project after Trump touted the deal in a flashy Oval Office announcement. (Politico)

AFFORDABILITY

• U.S. households will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of the second Trump administration’s federal policy changes, per a new analysis from think tank Energy Innovation. (The Hill)

COAL

• FERC rejects TransAlta’s plan to recover the costs of complying with the DOE’s stay-open order for the Centralia coal plant in Washington state, with regulators saying the plan extended too far geographically. (Utility Dive)

ELECTRIFICATION

• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signs legislation establishing a rebate program to support commercial landscaping businesses switching to electric equipment. (Post-Journal)