Camila Dominovsky

Here's California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Even, he says, if the president disagrees with the statute.

A similar coalition of states previously sued over a freeze on funds for EV chargers along highways.

That suit was a success, and those funds have been unfrozen.

The funds in the new suit aren't just for highway chargers, but things like neighborhood chargers, heavy truck chargers, and charger maintenance.

Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.

Permitting reform sounds kind of dry.

But if you've ever seen a community fight over a proposed pipeline or a solar farm or a data center, then you know that permitting inspires passion.

And it can halt projects in their tracks.

Democrats want to make it easier to build wind and solar.

Republicans want to make it easier to build pipelines and power plants.

That's hypothetically the opening for a bipartisan deal, but many efforts have failed.

The latest attempt at permitting reform, the SPEED Act, delighted the oil industry and frustrated renewable groups.

It managed to pass the House.

The debate now heads to the Senate.

Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.

Billions of dollars for EV chargers have been stuck in limbo, unspent, which these mostly Democratic-led states say is unconstitutional.

Here's California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Even, he says, if the president disagrees with the statute.

A similar coalition of states previously sued over a freeze on funds for EV chargers along highways.