Trump DOJ Sues New York, Other States for Climate Laws Targeting O&G

In early April, President Trump signed four executive orders (EOs) dealing with energy issues (see Trump Signs EO Targeting NY, Other States Blocking Domestic Energy). Three of the four EOs targeted reviving the declining coal industry, which Trump calls “beautiful, clean coal.” However, it was the noncoal EO that caught our attention. Trump signed the Protecting American Energy from State Overreach EO, which removes unlawful and burdensome state-level impediments to domestic energy production. Trump tasked Attorney General Pam Bondi to challenge state laws that may be “unconstitutional, preempted by Federal law, or otherwise unenforceable” to go after states like New York, which is mentioned explicitly in the EO. The Department of Justice that Bondi heads has done just that---filing a lawsuit challenging a New York law. Three other states have been sued, too.

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