New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act on Thursday. The law would address climate change by imposing a huge tax on fossil fuel companies—they will collectively owe an ...

Gov. Hochul keeps kicking the climate-change can down the road, postponing New York’s aggressive emissions laws — but her ...

On Dec. 26, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act into law. If it survives the many legal challenges it is expected to face, the act has the potential to ...

Vermont and New York passed “climate superfund” laws, which levy billions in fines against oil companies for legal products, ...

Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, who is named in the Justice Department lawsuit, said Thursday that the climate superfund law “ensures that those who contributed to the climate ...

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law, making New York the second state in the country to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate impacts.

The only PFAS bill to pass the full legislature this year was one banning the chemicals and other toxic substances in ...

Gov. Hochul has not yet signed the Climate Change Superfund bill — likely due to concerns that this bill will increase New Yorkers’ energy costs. However, concerns about the costs of the bill ...

The Climate Superfund would require oil companies to pay $3 billion annually for 25 years to offset New York's climate costs. Experts say the oil companies will not be able to pass these costs on ...

This year, 11 states, from California to Maine, have introduced their own climate Superfund bills.Momentum is growing even as Vermont and New York’s laws face legal challenges by fossil fuel ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act on Thursday. The law would address climate change by imposing a huge tax on fossil fuel companies—they will collectively owe an ...