New York and Vermont recently passed laws like these, which require energy companies to pay climate damages and will likely ...

The details of the program are taking shape nearly a month after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund into ...

Some of Pennsylvania’s neighboring states have taken steps to institute their own climate change laws aimed at imposing damages on fossil fuel companies that states allege are responsible for climate ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent decision to approve the Climate Change Superfund Act needs support. The Climate Superfund Act requires that companies responsible for the bulk of carbon emissions between ...

The state’s legislation is the second in a growing coalition of Northeast states requiring polluters pay for climate damages.

As Californians grapple with the aftermath of devastating wildfires, a pressing question looms: Who will bear the financial ...

In a “paradigm shift in environmental liability,” some states are seeking to legislate financial responsibility on large coal and oil & gas ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act (“CCSA” or the “Act”) into law. The law requires ...

The Climate Change Superfund Act is further proof that New York is becoming ever more hostile toward businesses.

Gov. Hochul was widely expected to unveil her “cap and invest” policy, which would force fossil-fuel corporations to pay for ...

The law is commonly known as Make Polluters Pay, and is the second one of its kind passed, after Vermont’s. However, New York ...

Although the act survived significant opposition, see, e.g., Brendan J. Lyons, Business coalition urges Hochul to veto ...