🏛️Four states sue EPA in federal court over Clean Air Act rollbacks

Thirty environmental regulations disappeared in a single day, surpassing Reagan-era deregulation in scope and speed. The coordinated elimination of air quality standards, water protection rules, and climate policies demonstrates unprecedented executive power to dismantle decades of environmental law through administrative action rather than legislative repeal.

Twenty-six of 27 legal challenges succeeded against environmental rollbacks, indicating systematic legal overreach by the administration. Federal judges found that rushed deregulation violated Administrative Procedure Act requirements for public comment and scientific justification, forcing EPA to defend politically motivated decisions in court repeatedly.

New York's $75 billion oil company assessment prompted DOJ lawsuits against four states on May 1, 2025. Attorney General Pamela Bondi claims state climate policies threaten national energy independence, setting up Supreme Court battles over whether states can regulate global corporations for environmental damages.

The Justice Department's simultaneous lawsuits against New York, Vermont, Michigan, and Hawaii target state sovereignty in environmental policy. This reverses traditional Republican support for states' rights, demonstrating how partisan political goals trump constitutional principles when climate policy threatens fossil fuel interests.