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........

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