Why Trump’s executive order targeting state climate laws is probably illegal

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By Lois ParshleyApr 9, 2025, 6:23 pm221 ptsTrendingTop
President Trump continued dismantling U.S. climate policy this week when he directed the Justice Department to challenge state laws aimed at addressing the crisis — a campaign legal scholars called unconstitutional and climate activists said is sure to fail. The president, who has called climate change a…

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