President Donald Trump singled out Vermont and New York state’s climate superfund laws in an executive order signed late Tuesday aimed at gutting them.

He called for U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to “expeditiously” identify ways to halt the enforcement of laws, such as the climate superfunds, that he said have threatened “American energy dominance.”

Though Trump specifically names Vermont’s and New York’s superfund laws, alongside California’s carbon cap-and-trade policy, the order gives leeway for Bondi to address other state laws that collect carbon penalties or carbon taxes or otherwise address climate change.

The order gives Bondi 60 days to submit a report recommending action needed to block such laws.

Vermont officials don’t plan to change any of Vermont’s climate initiatives based on the order, as several told VTDigger.

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