Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a coalition of 21 attorneys general have filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York’s new law that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay billions for emitting greenhouse gas. (Credit: Parradee/Adobe Stock)

New York passed a law in December 2024 called the Climate Change Superfund Act, which seeks to recover $75 billion from fossil fuel energy providers who emitted greenhouse gas in New York from 2000 to 2018.

Some experts predict similar litigation against other states.


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