West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey said Thursday he is leading a coalition of 22 attorneys general in a lawsuit challenging New York State's Climate Superfund Act, a recently signed state law that McCuskey said attack's America's energy suppliers.

New York was sued on Thursday by 22 other U.S. states over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute $75 billion over 25 years into a fund that will pay for damage caused by climate change.

A recently enacted New York law, the New York Climate Superfund Act, seeking to collect $75 billion from fossil fuel companies — including those in other states — for past greenhouse gas emissions believed to have caused damage from climate change is being challenged in court by West Virginia Attorney General John "JB" McCuskey,

West Virginia and nearly two dozen other states sued New York over plans to charge fossil fuel companies $75 billion for climate change damage, saying the measure is an unconstitutional “slippery slope.

West Virginia's attorney general said on Thursday he has sued New York state over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute $75 billion over 25 years into a state fund that will pay for damage caused by climate change.

The Empire State charges energy companies for past climate emissions. West Virginia and other states want to do away with the law.

West Virginia and nearly two dozen other states are suing to block a New York climate law that requires fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion over 25 years to mitigate damage from future climate disasters in the state, arguing that the measure is unconstitutional and creates a “slippery slope” for corporations.

New York is being sued by 22 other US states who say its climate change damage fund may 'cause an energy crisis'. View on euronews