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New York Passes Law Making Fossil Fuel Companies Pay $75 Billion for 'Climate Superfund' (www.nysenate.gov)
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""Too often over the last decade, courts have dismissed lawsuits against the oil and gas industry by saying that the issue of climate culpability should be decided by legislatures. Well, the Legislature of the State of New York – the 10th largest economy in the world – has accepted the invitation...."

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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

It's not a lot ... $3B per state would be $150B ... still a joke.

She also said ""Repairing from and preparing for extreme weather caused by climate change will cost more than half a trillion dollars statewide by 2050." $500B/$75B suggests this is just a down-payment. Gets the ball rolling.