Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is taking credit for a Trump administration retreat on climate.

On Wednesday, Paxton’s office said it had blocked a Biden-era rule that would have directed states like Texas to reduce carbon pollution from their highways — one the Trump administration had declined to defend.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday granted the Trump administration's request to throw out the case, which centered on a lawsuit Paxton brought against the rule in 2023, during President Biden's term.

The Biden-era rule required states to set limits on the release of planet-heating gases from cars and trucks on interstates, and to gradually bring those numbers down.

After the court granted the Trump administration's appeal, Paxton released a statement calling the ruling “a major win for Texas and America.”

“Working in partnership with President Trump, all of the Biden Administration’s unlawful regulations and blatant examples of federal overreach will........

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