We previously reported on New York State’s enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act (the “Climate Superfund Act” or the ...

The fossil-fuel industry wants to avoid the financial penalties that tobacco companies faced and is asking for the ...

How do the two compare as well? ANNE LOUISE RABE: The New York Climate Change Superfund Act is a precedent-setting law and it would create a fee on big greenhouse gas emitters, big oil and gas ...

It is, to put it mildly, disappointing that 21 states have sued to block New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act. This hard-won legislation, signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul in December ...

In December 2024, the State of New York enacted the “Climate Change Superfund Act,” which would impose retroactive fines on fossil fuel producers for greenhouse gas emissions that contribute ...

Like the failed climate cases, the superfund law is New York’s attempt to carve out climate policy that, under the Clean Air Act, is ground claimed by the federal government to the exclusion of ...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups joined the battle against a New York State law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for a $75 billion climate change fund, calling the ...

This infrastructure is a relic of past planning mistakes: nearly every neighborhood housing these plants is classified as ...

A proposed bill ensures fossil fuel companies, not taxpayers, are on the hook for the costly impacts of climate change.

The author writes "Numerous lawsuits have been brought in the federal and state courts in New York concerning climate change.

On February 6th, 22 states sued to halt the implementation of New York state’s Climate Superfund Act. This legislation, ...

Trenton, NJ — On Monday afternoon, the New Jersey State Assembly Environment Committee approved the NJ Climate Superfund Act (A4696) by a vote of 5-2, clearing a key hurdle in the bill’s path to ...