Targeting Vermont, DOJ Renews Attacks On Climate ‘Superfund’ Laws

The Trump administration is renewing its Clean Air Act and constitutional challenges to state climate “superfund” laws, urging a federal court to quickly block Vermont’s first-in-the-nation law that requires large fossil fuel companies to pay for climate adaptation efforts. “Vermont is defying federal law, the Constitution, and binding precedent -- all so it can punish disfavored businesses for ill-defined harms, without regard to the real harm to our federal system and the nation’s energy needs,” the Department of Justice (DOJ)...