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Louisiana has joined nearly two dozen other states in a lawsuit challenging Vermont’s new Climate Superfund Act, saying the law unconstitutionally penalizes consumers and energy companies, The Center Square reports.
The lawsuit is the latest challenge filed against states with “ideologically motivated” climate change policies. The Department of Justice on Thursday announced that lawsuits had been filed against Hawaii, Michigan, Vermont and New York for similar alleged violations.
The latest state coalition suit alleges that Vermont’s law amounts to a retroactive and extraterritorial “shakedown” violating multiple provisions of the U.S. Constitution and federal environmental law—a similar argument to the federal suits.
The plaintiffs—including energy-producing states like Texas, West Virginia, Louisiana and Alaska—accuse Vermont of attempting to usurp federal authority and unilaterally set national climate policy by imposing potentially billions of dollars in liability on oil, gas and coal companies.
