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AG McCuskey: court strikes down New York climate change law
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — A law that West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey says would fine energy producers was struck down Monday. New York's Climate Change Superfund Act was struck down by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, saying it was "unenforceable.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, signed the bill in 2024. It would have required oil companies to pay a total of $3 billion a year for the next 25 years.
On Monday, an Obama-appointed federal judge ruled that New York State could not enforce its 2024 Climate Change Superfund Act, a landmark law that would have charged fossil fuel companies $75 billion over 25 years for climate damages from cumulative greenhouse gas emissions.
A federal court on Monday struck down a New York law that sought to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change. Brenda Sannes, an Obama appointee, ruled that New York’s “Climate Superfund” law is preempted by federal statutes.
A federal judge has struck down New York’s attempt to make fossil fuel-producing industries pay into a $75 billion fund to repair damage wrought by climate change
State cannot enforce policy requiring oil firms to pay $75bn over 25 years for climate mitigation and adaptation A federal judge has struck down a landmark New York law that forces major polluters to pay climate damages.
An upstate federal judge ruled that a New York law that would have forced major fossil fuel companies to foot the bill for infrastructure upgrades necessary to withstand the impacts of climate change is unconstitutional, saying the state overstepped its authority by passing it.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — A law that West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey says would fine energy producers was struck down Monday. New York's Climate Change Superfund Act was struck down by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, saying it was "unenforceable.
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