Twenty-two states have filed a lawsuit against New York state, challenging a new law that mandates major energy producers to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change damages. The lawsuit, filed in Albany, New York, lists Attorney General Letitia James and other state officials as defendants.
The coalition of states, led by West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, is contesting the constitutionality of the New York state Climate Change Superfund Act. This law requires significant fossil fuel companies to make payments into the fund over the next 25 years based on their past gas emissions.
