New York Passes Climate Superfund to Make Polluters Pay
In December 2024, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed $75 billion to the state can use for climate-related damage. New York is now the second state in the nation after Vermont to pass such a bill.
It seems as though every month there is news of extreme weather patterns that are often deadly and directly linked to climate change. In February 2025, 14 people died when . One month earlier, multiple , destroying thousands of homes and killing 24 people.
Could New York and Vermont鈥檚 plans to fine fossil fuel companies work to curb the untenable costs of climate catastrophe?
Blair Horner, executive director of , spoke with 大象传媒 Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about the idea of a climate superfund and how it can be replicated nationwide.
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