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.

West Virginia led the charge against New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, suing to block the law that requires polluters to pay for environmental damage based on how many tons of fossil fuels they emitted during a specific period of time.

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,

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.

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.

The Climate Change Superfund Law, which the lawsuit aims to block, would require the largest fossil fuel companies to pay a combined $75 billion over 25 years to cover a portion of the damage wrought by climate change on New York State.

Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is joining other Republican states in opposing a New York law that could affect West Virginia’s coal and natural gas industry. In his first press conference in the law library at the Attorney General’s Office in the State Capitol Building on Thursday,

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.

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey has announced a multi-state lawsuit against a recently signed law in New York. New York’s Climate Superfund Act punishes fossil fuel companies for past greenhouse gas emissions,