Justice Department Files Motion for Summary Judgment in Challenge to New York’s “Climate Change Superfund Act”

The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) filed a motion for summary judgment in its challenge to the State of New York’s “Climate Change Superfund Act,” which imposes $75 billion in liability on foreign and domestic energy companies for their alleged past contributions to climate change. The complaint was filed in May, along with a complaint against the State of Vermont for its similar statute, to advance President Donald J. Trump’s executive order to protect American energy from state overreach.