Rep. Harriet Hageman Takes Aim at Climate Lawfare
Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman is once again leading the fight for American energy workers. In a recent interview with the Daily Caller, Hageman discussed her new legislation, the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026, which would shut down activist-driven climate lawsuits.
The legislation would dismiss ongoing climate litigation, block retroactive lawsuits tied to carbon emissions, overturn state-level laws penalizing energy production, and reaffirm federal authority over greenhouse gas regulation.
As Hageman explained, many of these lawsuits are simply another attempt to impose carbon taxes and anti-energy policies that lawmakers have failed to pass through Congress.
“Numerous states and municipalities have been unable to get [climate bills] passed. Things like a cap and trade or a carbon tax. And so this is just another effort to tax industry,” Hageman said.
States like New York and Vermont instituted climate superfund statutes to collect money from fossil fuels companies based on alleged harms from their carbon emissions.
“They’ve come up with a very unique theory that because of climate change or global warming being caused, allegedly by our fossil fuel companies. They believe that they can sue them under some kind of a nuisance theory,” Hageman continued, referencing the public nuisance justification many activist lawsuits depend on. “But the bill would prevent them from being able to pursue these lawsuits.”
Hageman warned that companies are reluctant to invest billions in projects when activist litigation and political hostility can wipe out those investments overnight. Something we saw happen with the Keystone XL Pipeline.
At a time when the United States should be embracing energy dominance, radical climate lawfare keeps threatening affordable energy, domestic production, and the workers who keep America running.
Rep. Hageman’s legislation directly responds to those attacks and is another example of why she remains one of Congress’s strongest advocates for American energy.
May 14, 2026