state and international trade, American energy suffers, and the equality of each State enshrined by the Constitution is undermined. Similarly, when States subject energy producers to arbitrary or excessive fines through retroactive penalties or seek to control energy development, siting, or production activities on Federal land, American energy suffers.
Many States have enacted, or are in the process of enacting, burdensome and ideologically motivated“ climate change” or energy policies that threaten American energy dominance and our economic and national security. New York, for example, enacted a“ climate change” extortion law that seeks to retroactively impose billions in fines( erroneously labelled“ compensatory payments”) on traditional energy producers for their purported past contributions to greenhouse gas emissions not only in New York but also anywhere in the United States and the world. Vermont similarly extorts energy producers for alleged past contributions to greenhouse gas emissions anywhere in the United States or the globe.
Other States have taken different approaches in an effort to dictate national energy policy. California, for example, punishes carbon use by adopting impossible caps on the amount of carbon businesses may use, all but forcing businesses to pay large sums to“ trade” carbon credits to meet California’ s radical requirements. Some States delay review of permit applications to produce energy, creating de facto barriers to entry in the energy market. States have also sued energy companies for supposed“ climate change” harm under nuisance or other tort regimes that could result in crippling damages.
These State laws and policies weaken our national security and devastate Americans by driving up energy costs for families coast-to-coast, despite some of these families not living or voting in States with these crippling policies. These laws and policies also undermine Federalism by projecting the regulatory preferences of a few States into all States. Americans must be permitted to heat their homes, fuel their cars, and have peace of mind— free from policies that make energy more expensive and inevitably degrade quality of life.
These State laws and policies try to dictate interstate and international disputes over air, water, and natural resources; unduly discriminate against out-of-State businesses; contravene the equality of States; and retroactively impose arbitrary and excessive fines without legitimate justification.
These State laws and policies are fundamentally irreconcilable with my Administration’ s objective to unleash American energy. They should not stand.
The Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of appropriate executive departments and agencies, shall identify all State and local laws, regulations, causes of action, policies, and practices( collectively, State laws) burdening the identification, development, siting, production, or use of domestic energy resources that are or may be unconstitutional, preempted by Federal law, or otherwise unenforceable. The Attorney General shall prioritize the identification of any such State laws purporting to address“ climate change” or involving“ environmental, social, and governance” initiatives,“ environmental justice,” carbon or“ greenhouse gas” emissions, and funds to collect carbon penalties or carbon taxes.
The Attorney General shall expeditiously take all appropriate action to stop the enforcement of State laws and continuation of civil actions … that the Attorney General determines to be illegal.
Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the President, through the Counsel to the President, regarding actions taken … The Attorney General shall also recommend any additional Presidential or legislative action necessary to stop the enforcement of State laws … that the Attorney General determines to be illegal or otherwise fulfill the purpose of this order.
� SPOTLIGHT: OTODATA
Rita Pecilunas, sales director for Otodata, shares information about Otodata’ s tank monitoring technology with Steve Calli, general manager for Depew Energy, at the New York Propane Gas Association annual meeting, held March 24-25 at The Desmond Conference Center in Albany. Depew Energy, Newburgh, NY, markets heating oil and propane and provides HVAC services. Credit Dave Campbell.
� PHCC CONNECT 2025 CONFERENCE
PHCC CONNECT 2025 will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 27-30, at DeVos Place. The theme of this year’ s conference is“ Growth Through Collaboration,” emphasizing the power of working together to drive innovation, overcome challenges and achieve success in the industry.
For CONNECT 2025, PHCC has created a valuable experience with HVAC and plumbing contractors in mind. For three days, contractors will be immersed in focused education, valuable networking opportunities and a Product and Technology Showcase. For more details including the preliminary schedule, visit phccweb. org / CONNECT.
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors – National Association provides legislative advocacy, education and training to approximately 3,500 plumbing and HVACR businesses and 65,000 technicians. For more information about PHCC, visit phccweb. org. Dan Callies is the PHCC National president, also president of Oak Creek, Wisconsin-based Oak Creek Plumbing. l FON
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