This EO directs the United States’ Attorney General identify State and “local laws, regulations, causes of action, policies, and practices” that burden the “development, siting, production, or use of domestic energy resources” (“State laws”) and take action against those that “are or may be unconstitutional, preempted by Federal law, or otherwise unenforceable.” The Attorney General is also directed to identify any Presidential or Federal legislative action that may be necessary to halt the enforcement of these State laws. The Executive Order specifically prioritizes the identification of State laws that address “climate change” or involve “environmental, social, and governance,” “environmental justice, carbon or greenhouse gas emissions, and funds to collect carbon penalties or carbon taxes.”

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