Michigan Federal Judge Dismisses U.S.’s Suit Over Climate Change Lawsuit Threat

( January 26, 2026, 2:42 PM EST) -- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge in Michigan on Jan. 24 ruled in granting a motion to dismiss that the United States failed to establish ripeness and lacked subject matter jurisdiction to sue the state over claims that it violated the U.S. Constitution by threatening litigation against fossil fuel companies over their alleged liability in contributing to climate change through greenhouse gas emissions....