NY federal judge strikes down state law that would have made fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for climate change effects
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An upstate federal judge ruled that a New York law that would have forced major fossil fuel companies to foot the bill for infrastructure upgrades necessary to withstand the impacts of climate change is unconstitutional, saying the state overstepped its authority by passing it. The law, called the Climate Change Superfund Act, would have required... Read…