The federal government won’t be any help in fighting global warming, but the state is uniquely positioned to influence ...

The Climate Change Superfund Act will collect billions from companies that have extracted fossil fuels in recent years.

Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed ...

After several years of organizing pop-ups, New York's Climate Museum will build a permanent home on Manhattan's West Side.

Its new extraterritorial climate levy will hit workers across the U.S. for fossil-fuel production.

Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul ALBANY, N.Y. -- Large fossil fuel ...

Governor Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act (Act) into law, making New York the second state (after Vermont) to ...

Large fossil fuel companies will be required to pony up money to New York state for damage caused by climate change under a ...

The Climate Change Superfund Act charges any fossil fuel company that emitted over a billion tons of greenhouse gas from 2000 to 2018.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act on Thursday. The law would address climate change by imposing a huge tax on fossil fuel companies—they will collectively owe an ...

The new law addresses climate change in New York by charging any polluter that emitted over a billion tons of greenhouse gas from 2000 to 2018, based on their historical share of total emissions.

The new “climate change superfund” is expected to contribute a combined $75 billion over the next quarter-century and could send an estimated $71 million to Western New York communities.