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New York Passes Law Making Fossil Fuel Companies Pay $75 Billion for 'Climate Superfund' (www.nysenate.gov)
submitted 4 days ago by kalkulat to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

It's a step in the right direction.

[–] recentSloth43 8 points 4 days ago

Good precedent, still far from enough though.

[–] weeeeum 13 points 4 days ago

Peanuts.

Might cover the gas subsidy for a month. Might.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

$3billion per year has to be a joke.

[–] kalkulat 14 points 4 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

It’s tiny. But if the alternative is nothing I’ll take it.

[–] SpiceDealer 6 points 4 days ago

What's the likelyhood this gets killed?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, good luck actually getting that. Best they can do is a 25 dollar cheque