ANOTHER FEDERAL JUDGE STRIKES DOWN NEW YORK'S CLIMATE SUPERFUND LAW AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment & Natural Resources Division issued the following news release:

Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the United States' motion for summary judgment and invalidated New York's "Climate Change Superfund Act." The court held the law is unconstitutional and enjoined the state from imposing $75 billion in penalties on global energy producers for the alleged local effects of climate change. Last month, the U.S. District Court for theNorthern District of New York also ruled against the state.

"New York's woke climate change law is not only unconstitutional, it is harmful, jeopardizing every American's access to affordable and reliable...