It is, to put it mildly, disappointing that 21 states have sued to block New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act. This hard-won legislation, signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul in December, promises ...

Businesses say the lawsuit will force them to raise prices on consumers to pay for the whopping assessments for their alleged ...

A coalition of business and trade groups is suing the Hochul administration over a law that will force oil, natural gas and ...

The author writes "Numerous lawsuits have been brought in the federal and state courts in New York concerning climate change.

On February 6th, 22 states sued to halt the implementation of New York state’s Climate Superfund Act. This legislation, ...

According to the lawsuit, the New York law titled the Climate Change Superfund Act would retroactively ... only target big energy companies with "over 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas ...

To help cover this rising bill, New York State has ... or have introduced climate Superfund bills, and we are looking at a state by state building block approach over the next four years under ...

The justices declined to hear unusual arguments from Republican-led states that sought to end lawsuits against energy ...

Many details of the scheme are yet to be filled in, including which companies New York will deem to be ... [2] 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. [3] Climate Change Superfund Act, S.2129-B/A.

ALBANY — More than 20 states filed a federal lawsuit against New York earlier this month challenging the constitutionality of the new Climate Change Superfund Act, which will establish ...

In December 2024, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that fines fossil fuel corporations $75 billion to pay into a superfund the state can use for climate-related damage. New York is now the ...

A coalition of industry associations and 22 state attorneys general (AG), led by West Virginia AG JB McCuskey, filed a lawsuit against the State of New York in the U.S. District Court for the ...