State lawmakers are considering a bill that would require the world’s largest oil and gas companies to pay for the recovery ...

As climate disasters strain state budgets, a growing number of lawmakers want fossil fuel companies to pay for damages caused by their greenhouse gas emissions. This year, 11 states, from California ...

Following an Executive Order, the Justice Department has filed a complaint against the state’s climate superfund, among a suite of suits against other state climate actions. President Donald Trump, ...

The legislation would make oil and gas firms pay for climate damages from burning their products. Trump has referred to such laws as ​“extortion.” ...

The EPA is focused on cleaning up Superfund sites contaminated with hazardous materials despite the Trump administration’s deregulatory emphasis, according to attorneys working with that statute.

Louisiana joined 23 states challenging Vermont’s new “Climate Superfund Act,” claiming the law unconstitutionally penalizes consumers and energy companies alike. The lawsuit is the latest in a quartet ...

For Sue Minter, Vermont’s newly appointed climate superfund specialist, the floods started early. Back in 2011, when Tropical Storm Irene thrashed Vermont, Minter — serving as the state’s deputy ...

Most environmental regulation proceeds from an understanding that governmental or collective action to restrain, to encourage, or to remedy some behavior will yield benefits generally, including for ...