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January 10, 2025

Los Angeles Times

Altadena, my neighborhood, has burned. Make fossil-fuel companies pay

As I write this, my home is at risk, my family’s synagogue and kids’ elementary school have burned down, and many friends have lost everything. My fear and grief are compounded by outrage at the failure to hold fossil-fuel polluters accountable for the devastation they’ve profited from causing.

January 8, 2025

Devastating LA Wildfires Highlight Urgent Need for California Climate Superfund as New York Leads the Way

As multiple wildfires rage across Los Angeles County today, destroying homes, businesses and cultural landmarks while forcing over 80,000 residents to evacuate, climate advocates are calling for urgent passage of California's Polluter Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act (SB 1497) to ensure fossil fuel companies – not taxpayers – bear the mounting costs of climate disasters.

December 26, 2024

New York Passes Climate Change Superfund Act

Today, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law, making New York the second state in the nation to require fossil fuel companies to pay for climate damages. The law will raise $75 billion over 25 years from the oil and gas companies most responsible for the climate crisis, funding vital climate adaptation and resilience projects across the state.

Governor Hochul, It's Time To Make Polluters Pay

November 26, 2024

Environmental Groups Call on Gov. Hochul to Sign Climate Superfund Act

By signing this act, you have the chance to pass one of the most impactful pieces of state climate legislation in the nation. As co-chair of the U.S. Climate Alliance, you have spoken of your commitment to advancing climate leadership. Now, in the face of federal rollbacks, the Climate Change Superfund Act will stand as a bold testament to New York’s dedication to those principles.

November 26, 2024

Nobel Prize Winning Economist to NY Gov: Superfund Act Will Save New Yorkers Money

November 14, 2024

Dec 3: The Climate Fight Ahead

The fight for climate justice continues! Rally with movement leaders and leading members of Congress to learn how we can continue to push for climate, clean energy, and environmental justice during a Trump Administration.

November 6, 2024

Fossil Free Media

Climate Action’s Path Forward

The results are sobering. After an election shadowed by unprecedented fossil fuel spending, we face a stark reality: Donald Trump will return to the White House. The next 60 days matter more than ever.

September 25, 2024

Federal ‘Polluters Pay’ Bill Debuts, As NY’s Version Awaits Hochul’s Signature

More states are considering legislation to make the largest fossil fuel companies pay for the impacts of climate change, and activists hope a national effort will pressure Gov. Hochul to sign New York’s own superfund bill, which passed both houses earlier this year.

September 12, 2024

Democrats Introduce Federal Bill to Make Climate Polluters Pay

United States Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Jerry Nadler on Thursday announced the introduction of legislation that would require Big Oil firms to pay into a damages fund used to address the climate crisis.

‘Make Polluters Pay’: Big Oil Slammed in Satirical US Billboards

The climate disasters caused by oil and gas companies are being put on full display in California, New York, Arizona, and Philadelphia.