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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Last week, we posted about New York State’s enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act. We promised to continue to monitor ...

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

The Climate Change Superfund Act will collect billions from companies that have extracted fossil fuels in recent years.

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