"Given the scope of climate disasters, the stakes of a second Trump presidency and independent economic assessments projecting little to no impact on the state’s economy, Weltman felt his governor’s mind should already be made up on the legislation. “Hochul has only one choice: side with #NewYork taxpayers or the fossil fuel industry,” he said.

“I can’t fathom why she wouldn’t side with us.” "

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24112024/new-york-climate-change-superfund-act/
#ClimateChangeSuperfundAct

Hochul signed

"Under the new state law, companies responsible for the bulk of emissions from 2000 to 2018 will be on the hook for some $3 billion a year over the next 25 years.

Hochul’s signature makes #NewYork the second state with such a law, following Vermont, but the Empire State is far larger, more populous and a major center of American and international financial power."

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5056675-hochul-new-york-climate-change/
#superfund

"A California state senator said Monday that he wants to give homeowners and insurers the ability to sue oil and gas companies when a disaster caused by #ClimateChange damages their property.

Senate Bill 222 also would provide #insurers with a direct cause of action against oil and gas companies. They could recover losses resulting from climate impacts and rising costs looming over the insurance market and the state’s FAIR Plan."

https://www.courthousenews.com/california-lawmaker-seeks-to-hold-fossil-fuel-companies-accountable-for-climate-change-related-damage/

22 GOP CONTROLLED states sue New York, alleging environmental fund is unconstitutional, amirite

"Besides West Virginia, the states joining the lawsuit are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming."

https://apnews.com/article/climate-superfund-lawsuit-new-york-3da22703ba7c00c0a5eed1f3a4dfa492

"A bill that would require major oil companies to pay fees to cover #climate damages based on their past emissions was reintroduced in California on Friday.

#California state Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D) and Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D) introduced the “Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act” in both houses of the Legislature."

https://www.eenews.net/articles/bill-to-make-polluters-pay-for-climate-damages-is-back-in-california/