The addition of plaintiffs does not change the suit’s argument but increases pressure on the state to finance its defense.

Supporters say the law would hold the biggest greenhouse gas polluters accountable for damages from harmful climate change.

Democratic lawmakers in Maine are looking to create a climate superfund that would collect fees from groups that extract fossil fuels and refine crude oil, then use that money to fund clean energy ...

Maine may be joining Vermont, New York, and two other states in establishing a Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program.

It has become clear that the Trump administration will be unrelenting in its assault on our right to breathe clean air, drink ...

The measures would make oil and gas companies responsible for at least 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution ...

On May 1, 2025, the federal government brought separate suits against both New York and Vermont alleging that these state’s “climate ...

Louisiana has joined nearly two dozen other states in a lawsuit challenging Vermont’s new Climate Superfund Act, saying the law unconstitutionally penalizes consumers and energy companies, The Center ...

There is no energy emergency, and Trump’s stated reasoning for it is as much a scam as every other pathetic con and hustle this president attempts,” said one consumer campaigner. Defenders of climate ...

The U.S. Justice Department is suing New York State over a 2024 climate law. The Climate Change Superfund Act fines the ...

In a sweeping defense of oil and gas corporations, the Trump administration has filed federal lawsuits against four states to block efforts aimed at holding fossil fuel companies accountable for ...