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Vermont was the first state to try to hold polluters accountable for climate disasters. New research aims to assign specific ...
Trump targets New York state's Climate Change Superfund Act. The order seeks to block enforcement of state laws that restrict or penalize pollution from fossil fuels.
After enacting climate related laws in 2019 and 2024, the State of New York not only faces legal challenges to its enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act but also from several public interest ...
Climate activists are changing tactics through baseless state lawsuits and counterproductive "superfund" bills.
States are increasingly turning to “Climate Superfund” laws as a ... and the Business Council of New York State, Inc. filed a separate lawsuit challenging the amended version of the law ...
I remember watching Gov. Kathy Hochul sign the Climate Change Superfund Act into law in January last year. This was the ...
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order this week that directs the U.S. attorney general to evaluate state "climate" laws that his administration alleges may be ...
“These regulations are not just a technicality — they are the primary means of ensuring the state meets its climate mandates.” Meanwhile, New York is facing a lawsuit filed by a group of 22 Republican ...
New York's Climate Change Superfund Act aims to hold polluters accountable for climate change damages. The oil industry is lobbying to overturn the act and avoid paying for climate-related costs. The ...
On this episode of The Plugged In Podcast the team sits down with IER’s Vice President for Policy Kenny Stein for a ...
Meanwhile, New York is facing a lawsuit filed by a group of 22 Republican attorneys general over a state law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for alleged damages caused by climate change.