DOJ files complaint against Minnesota over climate lawsuit targeting energy companies
The federal complaint says Minnesota’s case would unreasonably burden energy production and national security, as the state seeks damages for alleged climate deception.
- On Monday, May 4, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a formal complaint against the State of Minnesota to block a state-level climate change lawsuit targeting major energy companies.
- The federal complaint argues that Minnesota is attempting to regulate global greenhouse gas emissions through state-court litigation, a power the DOJ maintains belongs exclusively to the federal government under the Clean Air Act.
- Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward stated that Minnesota’s "woke climate preferences" cannot be used to undermine President Trump's executive order aimed at "unleashing American energy dominance" and ensuring national economic security. 4 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison slammed the DOJ’s move as "frivolous and meritless," accusing the administration of "selling out to Big Oil" to help companies like ExxonMobil and Koch Industries avoid accountability for alleged consumer deception.
- The federal intervention comes just weeks after the Minnesota Supreme Court cleared the way for the state’s original 2020 lawsuit to proceed to discovery, after years of failed attempts by energy companies to move the case out of state court.
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DOJ files complaint to block Minnesota climate lawsuit
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint against Minnesota, seeking to block the state from continuing to pursue a lawsuit against energy companies over greenhouse gas emissions.
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President Donald Trump’s administration moved Monday to block a lawsuit Minnesota officials filed almost six years ago alleging oil companies and a petroleum trade group deceived state residents about climate change. The U.S. Department of Justice, the administration’s law enforcement arm, filed an action in federal court in Minneapolis, arguing that the federal government has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, not states, and t…
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Zero HedgeDOJ Sues Minnesota to Block Climate Lawsuit Targeting Energy Companies
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Minnesota over the state’s own climate lawsuit against major energy companies. The complaint, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, accuses state officials of trying to impose their own climate policies on domestic energy producers in a way the DOJ says burdens national energy development and intrudes on federal authority. The underlying lawsuit was filed in 2020 by M…
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