States want to make Big Oil pay for climate harm. Now, courts are weighing in.

Grist · 1h ago

Last week, another federal judge blocked New York’s so-called “climate superfund law,” the state’s attempt to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate-related damages linked to their activities. Signed in 2024, the legislation inspired other states to start drumming up their own ways to hold Big Oil financially accountable for the costs of a warming planet. The two rulings are certainly a blow…

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States want to make Big Oil pay for climate harm. Now, courts are weighing in.

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