Federal Judge Says N.Y. Climate Change Act Preempted By CAA, U.S. Constitution

( September 2, 2026, 1:49 PM EDT) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Finding that New York’s embattled Climate Change Superfund Act is preempted by the U.S. Constitution and the Clean Air Act (CAA), a federal judge granted summary judgment to 22 states, coal, oil and natural gas industry groupsand organizations representing the country’s largest energy producers on claims in consolidated cases challenging the law’s constitutionality....