22 Red States Sue New York, Alleging Environmental Fund Is Unconstitutional

08 Feb 2025 | Abstracted from AP News

"... a new law forcing a small group of major energy producers to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change damage is unconstitutional...New York's Climate Change Superfund Act...requires payments for damage allegedly done from 2000 to 2018... the lawsuit, New York wants to blame the small group of energy producers for global greenhouse gases...lawsuit accuses New York state of trying to force energy producers and consumers in other states ?to subsidize certain New York-based ?infrastructure? projects."

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