News laws to hold oil and gas responsible for costs associated with climate change provide ‘hope’ for activists — and a legal ...

New York was sued on Thursday by 22 other U.S. states over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute $75 ...

By Karen Zraick Vermont and New York recently became the first states to create “Climate Superfund” laws ... fierce legal challenges from the oil industry and its allies is an open question.

• Twenty-two Republican attorneys general have sued New York over its Climate Change Superfund Act, which requires major fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion over 25 years to fund climate disaster ...