Climate Change

Jack Nicastro | 1.6.2025 11:45 AM

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute sued the state of Vermont in federal court last week over its Climate Superfund Act. The plaintiffs argue that the law violates both the U.S. Constitution and the federal Clean Air Act. If they prevail, other state superfunds, such as New York's, are likely to face similar challenges.

Vermont's law, which passed through both chambers of the state legislature with overwhelming support, fines domestic energy producers to fund a climate change adaptation project. (This program aims to help "human and natural communities"—left........

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