President Donald Trump's administration said on Thursday it is suing four Democratic-led states to prevent them from enforcing "burdensome and ideologically motivated" laws and pursuing lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over the harms caused by climate change.

The ‘highly unusual’ lawsuits have raised concern over states’ abilities to retain the power to take climate action. View on euronews

The Department of Justice sued Michigan and Hawaii to protect fossil fuel companies before the states filed their lawsuits.