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As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1767+ words) RUTLAND, Vt.Eighteen years after the first "climate tort" lawsuit was filed, no U.S. plaintiff has collected damages for the harms of global warming. Now, Vermont's different legal strategy to make fossil fuel companies pay is facing its first real test....
Trump Joins the Opposition to Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, Calling it ‘Burdensome’ and ‘Ideologically Motivated’
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (1737+ words) Vermont's Climate Superfund Act became law last summer. New York followed its lead in December. Four days later, the Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute sued Vermont for abusing its power and putting an unreasonable burden on the…...