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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

New York could lose out on nearly $2 billion in promised federal grants for environmental and clean-energy projects if ...

with New York’s alone expected to raise $3 billion annually to offset the cost of climate change. California introduced its own Superfund bill last week. “Momentum for the NJ Superfund Act is stronger ...

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 ...