(Reuters) - A federal judge in California has blocked that state's rules designed to favor producers of gasoline and other fuels that generate lower greenhouse gas emissions, a victory for ethanol producers and refiners.
District Judge Lawrence O'Neill of the federal court in Fresno issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday. He found that the regulation adopted in 2010 by the California Air Resources Board unconstitutionally discriminated against out-of-state producers and impermissibly tried to regulate commercial activities outside California.
That board plans to appeal, according to several published reports. It was not immediately available on Friday for comment.
