Vermont Democrats prepare for a long fight in federal court, but they believe making oil companies pay for past greenhouse ...

A new poll shows 68% of New Jersey voters back the bill; a majority of Democratic legislators and 40+ municipalities are also now on board.

The state's ambitious Climate Superfund legislation would hold fossil fuel companies liable for emissions, but continues to ...

Climate superfunds are cumbersome, violate due process, and do not help in the fight against climate change. Some states are ...

Tensions are still simmering among state lawmakers and advocates after the Assembly closed its 2025 session last week without passing any of this year’s flagship climate and environmental bills.

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

New York and Vermont passed “climate change superfund acts” in 2024, which require major fossil fuel producers to pay billions in financial damages into climate response funds.

The Vermont Climate Superfund Law aimed at holding oil companies financially responsible for flooding and other damages ...

Laura Shindell, the New York State Director of Food & Water Watch, said in a statement that repealing the 100-foot rule put an end to “one of the most egregious fossil fuel giveaways” in New York.

New York’s proposal were introduced in the Senate in the form of Senate Bill 3456, titled the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, and Senate Bill 3697, titled the Climate-Related ...