Around 22 states sued **[New York](https://noticiasambientales.com/energia/nueva-york-se-prepara-para-enfrentar-a-trump-las-armas-en-juego/)**, United States, due to a climate policy. It is against the “**energy tax**.”
This law **requires a group of large energy producers to pay **[75.000 billion dollars to compensate for damages caused by climate change](https://noticiasambientales.com/energia/nueva-york-se-prepara-para-enfrentar-a-trump-las-armas-en-juego/).**
## Controversy in New York over the energy tax
On Thursday, about twenty states in the North American country filed their lawsuits. They argue that this could lead the nation into an **energy crisis**.
However, the **[New York spokesperson](https://noticiasambientales.com/energia/nueva-york-se-prepara-para-enfrentar-a-trump-las-armas-en-juego/)** defends that the measure will help finance the State’s new climate resilience plans, and the entire country’s efforts **to move away from fossil fuels**.
## What the law says
The “Superfund Climate Change Law” will require these companies to make payments for damages caused between 2000 and 2018 **over the next 25 years**. This is based on their historical greenhouse gas emissions.
The New York State Government, **one of the most Democratic areas in the country**, believes that the environmental fund is an essential part of its energy transition plan. Therefore, it is prepared to fight **against the new legal offensive**.
## Lawsuit from the most conservative states
The Attorney General of **West Virginia**, **JB McCuskey**, leads the coalition of 22 states against this climate fund.
The lawsuit argues that New York’s law is “an **example of the resulting chaos** when states exceed their limits.” In addition, it highlights that **coal, oil, and natural gas** were crucial at one point for that state.
“They helped keep the lights on in Albany, manufacture the steel that held up the **iconic skyscrapers of New York City**, and power the industry that keeps the New York ports running,” the lawsuit states.
The other represented 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**.
The lawsuit accuses the State of New York of trying to force energy producers and consumers from other states “to subsidize certain infrastructure projects based in New York,” like a new sewage system.
## Donald Trump’s triumph and the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
All this happens in the context of **[Donald Trump’s return to the White House](https://noticiasambientales.com/medio-ambiente/trump-retirara-ayudas-por-contaminacion-las-comunidades-afectadas/)**. This triggered the United States to take strong decisions regarding the departure from the climate agenda.
The main point was the announcement of the **[country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement](https://noticiasambientales.com/medio-ambiente/asumio-trump-estados-unidos-se-ira-del-acuerdo-de-paris-y-apostara-por-los-combustibles-fosiles/)**.
In his inaugural speech, Trump stated that he would declare a “national energy emergency,” even though the United States is **now producing more oil** than any other country at any other time.
In line with this, he also confirmed that the country would leave the Paris Agreement, the most crucial current climate agreement.
The United States had already left during a period, during the magnate’s first presidency and returned with Democrat **Joe Biden** on his first day in office in 2021.
The Paris Agreement, signed almost a decade ago, is the development of the **United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change**, adopted in 1992, which already established that human-emitted greenhouse gases are driving global warming.
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