On Dec. 26, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act into law. If it survives the many legal challenges it is expected to face, the act has the potential to ...

“The Climate Change Superfund Act is now law, and New York has fired a shot that will be heard round the world,” said Sen. Liz Krueger, the bill’s sponsor in the Senate.

In New York, no past commercial activity is ever safe from political risk. Last week, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law. Over the next 25 years, it will collect $3 ...

“The Climate Change Superfund Act is now law, and New York has fired a shot that will be heard round the world,” said Sen. Liz Krueger, the bill’s sponsor in the Senate.

New York, NY — On Friday, as New Yorkers struggle through another week of extreme heat, impacted families and advocates rallied outside Governor Hochul’s Manhattan office, demanding she sign the ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act on Thursday. The law would address climate change by imposing a huge tax on fossil fuel companies—they will collectively owe an ...

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

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law, making New York the second state in the country to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate impacts.

New York Climate Change Superfund Act. How New York’s $75 Billion Climate Superfund Will Work And why other states might soon follow suit. Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth.