22 states sue New York, alleging environmental fund is unconstitutional ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Twenty-two states sued New York on Thursday, contending that a new law forcing a small group of major energy producers to pay $75 billion into a fund to cover climate change damage is unconstitutional. The lawsuit, filed in Albany, lists state Attorney General Letitia James and other officials as defendants. According to a statement, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey led the coalition of states against New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, which requires payments for damage allegedly done from 2000 to 2018. The law requires major fossil fuel companies to pay into the fund over the next quarter-century based on their past gas emissions. “This lawsuit is to ensure that these misguided policies, being forced from one state onto the entire nation, will not lead America into the doldrums of an energy crisis, allowing China, India and Russia to overtake our energy independence,” McCuskey said in a release. ___________________ This is a power grab by New York, and the energy companies concerned should stop serving New York until it is repealed.
'They helped keep the lights on': 22 states sue New York for its Big Oil-financed climate fund' McCuskey said in statement that he was "proud" to lead the coalition it what he alleges is an "unconstitutional" law. "This lawsuit is to ensure that these misguided policies, being forced from one state onto the entire nation, will not lead America into the doldrums of an energy crisis, allowing China, India and Russia to overtake our energy independence,” McCuskey said. "If we allow New York to get away with this, it will only be a matter of time before other states follow suit – wrecking our nation’s power grid.” The other named states are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
New York is bound to use the money as a liberal slush fund, I hope the other states can shut it down.