( October 27, 2026, 2:50 PM EDT) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York state officials appealed to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a judgment entered by a federal judge in consolidated lawsuits brought by 22 states and a number of energy groups and organizations declaring that the state’s Climate Change Superfund Act is precluded by the U.S. Constitution and preempted by the Clean Air Act (CAA) and enjoining the officials from implementing or enforcing the act....