States continue with bold efforts to force companies to clean up their mess: 'Not paying their fair share for the ... crisis that they've caused'

States continue with bold efforts to force companies to clean up their mess: 'Not paying their fair share for the ... crisis that they've caused'

Nearly a dozen states have drafted legislation to hold dirty energy companies fiscally responsible for environmental harms and the impact of rising temperatures they've caused. In 2024, lawmakers in Vermont advanced legislation "modeled after the EPA's Superfund program." A year prior, residents experienced unprecedented, catastrophic flooding, a form of extreme weather the state later warned would likely become more common, including because of…