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Vermont defends its landmark climate superfund law against Trump administration lawsuit

On Monday, Vermont lawyers argued in federal court to dismiss two lawsuits challenging its 2024 climate superfund law, asserting the state's sovereign authority to raise revenue for climate adaptation projects.
President Donald Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to challenge the law, while the American Petroleum Institute and Chamber of Commerce sued separately, calling it "burdensome and ideologically motivated."
Jennifer Rushlow, interim vice president for CLF Vermont, said the litigation could influence other states; New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed similar legislation, and a Dartmouth College study estimated 10 major companies caused $28 trillion in climate damage.

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Vermont defends its landmark climate superfund law against Trump administration lawsuit - The Morning Sun

Vermont’s effort to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change was tested Monday in a federal courtroom, where the state argued that two lawsuits challenging its groundbreaking 2024 law should be thrown out. Vermont became the first state to enact a climate superfund law, modeled on the federal superfund law that taxed petroleum and chemical companies to pay to clean up sites polluted by toxic waste. It took action after …

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