US Justice Department Sues Hawaiʻi, 3 Other States Over 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.
59% : 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 of the cases of Hawaiʻi and Michigan.
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.
51% : Democratic Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green said he is targeting fossil fuel companies that he said should take responsibility for their role in the state's climate impacts, including 2023's deadly Lahaina wildfire.
49% : " The DOJ cited the Clean Air Act -- a federal law authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air emissions -- saying it 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.
47% : "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 the states are incorrectly looking to regulate nationwide and global airspace.
43% : " DOJ argued Wednesday that Hawaiʻi and Michigan are violating the intent of the Act that enables the EPA authority to set nationwide standards for greenhouse gases, citing the states' litigation against oil and gas companies for alleged climate damage.
40% : " 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.
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.
37% : The DOJ on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Hawaiʻi and Michigan over their plans for legal action against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change.
35% : The agency argued that pending lawsuits from Hawaiʻi and Michigan against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change would infringe on the federal government's authority.
28% : Trump has suggested the superfund laws "extort" payments from energy entities.

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