Next: New York.
"After a swell of grassroots pressure, the #NewYork State Assembly passed the #ClimateChangeSuperfund Act by a vote of 95-46, to make fossil fuel polluters pay for costs associated with climate change, including climate resiliency projects. The Senate passed the bill in May; it now requires Governor Hochul’s signature to become law."
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/06/08/ny-assembly-passes-climate-change-superfund-act/
New York is still waiting for Gov. Hochul to sign this law.
"According to a poll from Data for Progress, a whopping 89% of New Yorkers support fossil fuel companies covering at least some of the cost for climate damages. Another poll found that 70% of #NewYork voters support the #ClimateChangeSuperfundAct, including majorities across party lines."
"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
Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters
"The legislation, called the Polluters Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act of 2024, has new life in the wake of the Los Angeles catastrophe, its supporters say, but the industry is already mobilizing."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/polluter-pay-bill-climate-disasters
#California #PolluterPays
"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."
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."
