To prohibit liability against those engaged in the mining, extraction, production, refinement, transportation, distribution, marketing, manufacture, or sale of energy for damages or injunctive or other relief from the use of their products, and for other purposes.
The Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026 would prohibit lawsuits against energy companies for damages related to climate change. The bill would block "climate suits" seeking compensation for alleged harms from greenhouse gas emissions, as well as state laws that impose financial penalties on oil, gas, and coal companies for climate-related costs. The legislation would immediately dismiss any pending climate-related lawsuits against energy producers and declare state climate penalty laws void. The bill asserts that regulating greenhouse gas emissions and climate change falls exclusively under federal jurisdiction, eliminating any state or private rights to sue energy companies over climate-related damages. It applies broadly to any person engaged in mining, extracting, producing, refining, transporting, distributing, or selling oil, natural gas, or coal.
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