Andrew Wheeler

The lawsuit comes two days after the Trump administration revoked California's ability to set its own rules for automobiles. The state's top prosecutor blasted the move as "arbitrary and capricious."

The change ends an "egregious power grab," Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says.

Wheeler has been serving as acting EPA administrator since Scott Pruitt stepped down amid ethics scandals in July. Prior to his work at the EPA, Wheeler worked as a lobbyist for the coal industry.

North Carolina's Attorney General has joined a coalition accusing the Trump Administration of “censoring science.”