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Climate Superfund Laws

As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due

The courts will decide if the first “climate superfund” law in the nation survives, a likely years-long battle. Vermont towns, meanwhile, must figure out how to pay for infrastructure that extreme weather won’t destroy.

By Dana Drugmand, Nathaniel Eisen

Workers survey the damage after flash floods collapsed a bridge in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
The aerial view shows a modest house and the American flag out front partially underwater.

Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill

By Keerti Gopal

Bill McKibben speaks to the crowd at the Climate Superfund Act rally in front of the New Jersey state house on Monday. Credit: Carrie Klein/Inside Climate News

Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up

By Carrie Klein

An aerial view of a partially collapsed home in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on July 30, 2024, after flash floods hit the area. Vermont, along with New York, passed climate superfund laws last year, and similar legislation is pending in a handful of other states. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts

By Dana Drugmand

A street floods in Plainfield, N.J., as Gov. Phil Murphy declares a state of emergency during heavy rainfall on July 15. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

With New Jersey Still Reeling From Summer Storms, Fossil Fuel Interests Fight ‘Climate Superfund’ Bill

By Jon Hurdle

Utility workers attempt to clear wires on July 30, 2024, before contractors can repair a collapsed bridge after flash floods hit the area in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Trump Joins the Opposition to Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, Calling it ‘Burdensome’ and ‘Ideologically Motivated’

By Nina Sablan

Cars drive along a flooded street on September 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City as remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia reaches the Northeast. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

How New York’s $75 Billion Climate Superfund Will Work

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

A person walks down a flooded Main Street after two days of heavy rain in Montpelier, Vt. on July 11, 2023. Credit: Kylie Cooper/Getty Images

Vermont’s Climate Superfund Faces First Legal Challenge from Fossil Fuel Interests

By Olivia Gieger

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference in New York City on Nov. 14. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

As Time Runs Out on Climate Change Superfund, Hochul’s Stance on the Bill Remains Elusive

By Jake Bolster

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