MAINE PUBLIC • April 9, 2025
President Trump's executive order targeting state climate laws has provoked outrage from environmental groups that charge the White House with unconstitutional overreach. "This is an attack on states' rights to protect the health of our residents and respond to the impacts of climate change in Maine," said Anya Fetcher, a federal policy advocate at Natural Resources Council of Maine. The Tuesday order directs the U.S. Attorney General to identify all state and local laws, regulations and practices that address climate change, environmental justice, greenhouse gas emissions and similar issues. It orders the Attorney General to take steps to stop the enforcement of state laws and continuation of lawsuits that they determine to be illegal.