The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan over their planned legal action against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change, claiming the state actions conflict with federal government authority and President Donald Trump's energy dominance agenda.The suits, which legal experts say are unprecedented, mark the latest of the Trump administration's attacks on environmental work and raises concern over states' abilities to retain the power to take climate action without federal opposition.In court filings, the DOJ said the Clean Air Act 맥스카지노� a federal law authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air emissions 맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�creates a comprehensive program for regulating air pollution in the United States and 맥스카지노�displaces맥스카지노� the ability of States to regulate greenhouse gas emissions beyond their borders.맥스카지노�DOJ argues that Hawaii and Michigan are violating the intent of the Act that enables the EPA authority to set nationwide standards for greenhouse gases, citing the states맥스카지노� pending litigation against oil and gas companies for alleged climate damage.Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel last year tapped private law firms to go after the fossil fuel industry for negatively affecting the state's climate and environment.Meanwhile, Democratic Hawaii Governor Josh Green plans to target fossil fuel companies that he said should take responsibility for their role in the state's climate impacts, including 2023's deadly Lahaina wildfire.When burned, fossil fuels release emissions such as carbon dioxide that warm the planet.Both states' law claims 맥스카지노�impermissibly regulate out-of-state greenhouse gas emissions and obstruct the Clean Air Act맥스카지노�s comprehensive federal-state framework and EPA맥스카지노�s regulatory discretion,맥스카지노� DOJ's court filings said.The DOJ also repeated the Republican president맥스카지노�s claims of America맥스카지노�s energy emergency and crisis.맥스카지노�At a time when States should be contributing to a national effort to secure reliable sources of domestic energy,맥스카지노� Hawaii and Michigan are 맥스카지노�choosing to stand in the way,맥스카지노� the filings said.A spokesperson for Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer맥스카지노�s office deferred to Nessel when asked for comment. Multiple emails sent to the Attorney General맥스카지노�s office were not returned as of Thursday afternoon. A spokesperson for Green's office did not immediately respond to request for comment.But legal experts raised concern over the government's arguments.Michael Gerrard, founder and faculty director of the Columbia University Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, said usual procedure is the DOJ asking a court to intervene in pending environmental litigation 맥스카지노� as is the case in some instances across the country.While this week's suits are consistent with Trump맥스카지노�s plans to oppose state actions that interfere with energy dominance, 맥스카지노�it맥스카지노�s highly unusual,맥스카지노� Gerrard told The Associated Press. 맥스카지노�What we expected is they would intervene in the pending lawsuits, not to try to preempt or prevent a lawsuit from being filed. It맥스카지노�s an aggressive move in support of the fossil fuel industry.맥스카지노�It raises all kinds of eyebrows," he added. 맥스카지노�It맥스카지노�s an intimidation tactic, and it맥스카지노�s telling the fossil fuel companies how much Trump loves them.맥스카지노�Ann Carlson, environmental law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the lawsuits look "like DOJ grasping at straws,맥스카지노� noting that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said his agency is seeking to overturn a finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.맥스카지노�So on the one hand the U.S. is saying Michigan, and other states, can맥스카지노�t regulate greenhouse gases because the Clean Air Act does so and therefore preempts states from regulating,맥스카지노� Carlson said. 맥스카지노�On the other hand the U.S. is trying to say that the Clean Air Act should not be used to regulate. The hypocrisy is pretty stunning.맥스카지노�Trump's administration has aggressively targeted climate policy in the name of fossil fuel investment. Federal agencies have announced plans to bolster coal power, roll back landmark water and air regulations, block renewable energy sources and double down on oil and gas expansion.