DOJ Targets New York Climate ‘Superfund’ Law Over Interstate Liability

The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to quickly rule on its challenge to New York’s climate change “superfund” law, which requires large fossil fuel companies to pay for the state’s climate adaptation, arguing it illegally imposes liability on out-of-state producers in violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Constitution. “New York has declared war on those responsible for supplying our Nation with reliable and affordable energy, and it is trampling over federal law in the process,”...