A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit aimed at blocking Hawaii's climate lawsuit against oil companies. The ruling is a significant setback for the administration's efforts to impede state climate action, reinforcing the judiciary's role in upholding environmental laws.
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Media Coverage · April 17, 2026
In a setback to the Trump administration’s extraordinary legal campaign against state climate action, a federal judge threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to prevent the state of Hawaii from suing oil companies for damages. Trump administration lawyers had claimed that Hawaii, by trying to sue fossil fuel companies, was standing in the way of the national effort to secure reliable sources of domestic
newspaper Read articleIn a setback to the Trump administration’s extraordinary legal campaign against state climate action, a federal judge threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to prevent the state of Hawaii from suing oil companies for damages. Trump administration lawyers had claimed that Hawaii, by trying to sue fossil fuel companies, was standing in the way of the national effort to secure reliable sources of domestic energy. District Court for the District of Hawaii on Wednesday ruled that such a c
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In a setback to the Trump administration’s extraordinary legal campaign against state climate action, a federal judge threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to prevent the state of Hawaii from suing oil companies for damages. Trump administration lawyers had claimed that Hawaii, by trying to sue fossil fuel companies, was standing in the way of the national effort to secure reliable sources of domestic energy. District Court for the District of Hawaii on Wednesday ruled that such a contention was too speculative to be the basis of a lawsuit. “The United States’ alleged injury depends on multiple layers of unpredictable future events,” Gillmor wrote, noting the Trump administration filed the case without even seeing Hawaii’s lawsuit (the state filed it the following day).
In a setback to the Trump administration’s extraordinary legal campaign against state climate action, a federal judge threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to prevent the state of Hawaii …
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