Justice Department sues Hawaii, Michigan, Vermont and New York over state climate actions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "At a time when States should be contributing to a national effort to secure reliable sources of domestic energy," all four states are choosing "to stand in the way," all four filings said.
60% : While this week's suits are consistent with Trump's plans to oppose state actions that interfere with energy dominance, "it's highly unusual," Gerrard told The Associated Press.
58% : " Read more of AP's climate coverage at http://www.apnews.com/climate-and-environment. ___ Associated Press writer Isabella Volmert in Lansing, Mich. contributed to this report.
54% : "It's an intimidation tactic, and it's telling the fossil fuel companies how much Trump loves them.
52% : "By purporting to regulate the effect of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, the Act necessarily reaches far beyond" the states of New York and Vermont, the DOJ argued, saying it incorrectly looks to regulate nationwide and global airspace.
51% : " The DOJ said the Clean Air Act -- a federal law authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air emissions -- creates "a program for regulating air pollution in the United States and "displaces" the ability of States to regulate greenhouse gas emissions beyond their borders.
49% : I remain undeterred in my intention to file this lawsuit the President and his Big Oil donors so fear.
48% : The suits, which legal experts say are unprecedented, mark the latest of the Trump administration's attacks on environmental work and raises concern over states' abilities to retain the power to take climate action without federal opposition.
48% : Meanwhile, Democratic Hawaii Governor Josh Green plans to target fossil fuel companies that he said should take responsibility for their role in the state's climate impacts, including 2023's deadly Lahaina wildfire.
41% : " DOJ argued Wednesday that Hawaii and Michigan are violating the intent of the Act that enables the EPA authority to set nationwide standards for greenhouse gases, citing the states' pending litigation against oil and gas companies for alleged climate damage.
38% : On Thursday, the DOJ sued New York and Vermont, challenging their climate superfund laws that would force fossil fuel companies to pay into state-based funds based on previous greenhouse gas emissions.
34% : The DOJ on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan over their planned legal action against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change.
34% : Meanwhile, Thursday's filings called the Superfund Act -- a federal law enacted to address the harm associated with hazardous waste sites -- "a transparent monetary-extraction scheme."
28% : Trump has suggested the superfund laws "extort" payments from energy entities.

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