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The State AG Report – 07.24.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Latest Texas AG Food Probe Puts Mars in a Sticky...more

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25 Republican AGs Urge Dismissal of Maryland Climate Lawsuits

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Alabama AG Steve Marshall, joined by 24 other Republican AGs, filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court of Maryland to dismiss three consolidated climate lawsuits brought by Maryland local governments against...more

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California AG Faces Legal Challenge Over Hiring Outside Counsel in Climate Lawsuit

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California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta faces a legal challenge from a union representing state-employed attorneys over his decision to hire an outside law firm for a high-profile climate lawsuit against major oil...more

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Fifteen States Sue the Trump Administration Over “Energy Emergency” Executive Order

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On May 9, 2025, fifteen democratic states (“Plaintiff States”) sued the Trump Administration in Washington District Court, claiming that President Trump’s executive order “Declaring a National Energy Emergency” (“Executive...more

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EPA Chemical Accident Safety Rule Challenge Ignites AG Conflict

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Sixteen Democratic AGs and the Harris County Attorney (Houston, Texas) have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by industry groups challenging the EPA’s denial of their petition for reconsideration of the...more

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Climate Change Suits Against Energy Companies Tossed by U.S. State Courts

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On January 23, 2025, in an opinion for City of Annapolis v. BP PLC, et al. and Anne Arundel County, Maryland v. BP PLC, et al., the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, dismissed two cases brought by the City of...more

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Red State AGs Sue New York State in Challenge to Climate Change Superfund Act

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In December 2024, the State of New York enacted the “Climate Change Superfund Act,” which would impose retroactive fines on fossil fuel producers for greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. (New York was...more

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Republican AGs Want to Vaporize EPA Rule Imposing Methane Charges

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A group of 23 Republican AGs filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit of the EPA’s Final Rule requiring charges on certain oil and gas producers exceeding Congressional methane emissions...more

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Environmental Criminal Enforcement: Michigan Attorney General Announces Arrest of an Individual for Alleged Activities Associated...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a news release announcing the arrest and arraignment of Rajinder Singh Minhas alleging: …multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly mismanaging and neglecting...more

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Arizona AG Alleges “Super Clean” Trucks Violate Emissions Standards

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued FCA US LLC (d/b/a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) and Cummins, Inc. (Cummins) alleging that the engine and vehicle manufacturers violated Arizona consumer protection laws by installing...more

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The State AG Report – 7.18.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Gasoline Trading Firms to Pay $50 Million to Settle...more

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Gasoline Trading Firms to Pay $50 Million to Settle California Market Manipulation Claims

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California AG Rob Bonta secured a $50 million settlement with two gasoline trading firms—Vitol Inc., and SK Energy Americas, Inc. and a related entity (collectively, “SK”)—to resolve allegations that the companies violated...more

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California AG Settles With Oil Companies

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California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced a $50 million settlement with Vitol, Inc. (Vitol) and SK Energy Americas Inc. along with its parent company SK Trading International (collectively SK), to resolve a lawsuit...more

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California Seeks Disgorgement of Oil Profits For Alleged Greenwashing And Climate Deception

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In a significant legal maneuver with potentially far-reaching implications, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amended complaint on June 10, 2024, to California’s high-profile lawsuit targeting five of the world’s...more

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Republican AGs Ask Court to Stay Rule Limiting Methane Emissions

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A group of 24 Republican AGs and Arizona legislative leaders have filed a motion to stay the EPA’s final rule on Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing...more

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Democratic AGs Rally in Support of EPA's Methane Rule Against GOP Challenge

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A coalition of 20 Democratic AGs filed a motion to intervene in defense of the EPA’s Oil and Gas Methane Rule in a lawsuit filed by 25 Republican AGs who challenge the rule. In their motion, the Democratic AGs assert that the...more

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Iowa AG Joins 21-State Letter Against New DOE Gas Stove Regulations

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On April 3, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (R) announced her participation in a 21-state letter, opposing new Department of Energy (DOE) gas stove regulations that the states claimed would prohibit the sale of more than...more

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AGs Support EPA’s Efforts to Lower Oil and Gas Sector’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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A group of 19 AGs co-signed a comment letter supporting an EPA supplemental proposal to strengthen emissions regulations for facilities in the oil and natural gas sector. The proposal contains the first EPA emission...more

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AG Coalition Supports Bureau of Land Management’s Proposed Waste Prevention Rule

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A coalition of eight AGs submitted a comment letter in support of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed Waste Prevention Rule, which would impose obligations that oil and gas operators must undertake to avoid waste...more

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Consumer Watchdog Calls on California AG to Investigate Rising Energy Prices

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On Jan. 18, 2023, a consumer advocacy group issued a letter urging the California Attorney General’s Office to initiate an investigation into rising natural gas prices in the state. If the group’s campaign gains traction,...more

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State AG Updates: California, New York, Connecticut and Juul’s Settlement With 33 States and Puerto Rico

In this edition of Faegre Drinker’s State Attorneys General Update, we discuss: • The California AG’s: • Plea deal with a pipeline operator relating to a 2021 oil spill...more

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The State AG Report – 9.22.2022

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Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AG Bonta Fines Safeway for Gasoline Storage...more

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AG Bonta Fines Safeway for Gasoline Storage Tank Violations in California

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California AG Rob Bonta, along with five district attorneys, reached a settlement with the supermarket chain Safeway to resolve allegations that Safeway violated the California Health and Safety Code and state environmental...more

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New York AG James Announces $2 Million Fine Against Oil Company for Failure to Plug Wells

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New York AG Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hotchul announced the assessment of a $2 million penalty against James R. Lee and his affiliate companies for violating the state’s Environmental Conservation Law through their...more

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Western AGs Seek to Intervene In Opposition to Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion

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California AG Rob Bonta, Washington AG Bob Ferguson, and Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum have filed a Motion to Intervene and Protest requesting that FERC deny an application for a capacity expansion for the Gas Transmission...more

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