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A federal judge has struck down New York's Climate Superfund law, which aimed to extract $75 billion from fossil-fuel companies for their greenhouse gas emissions since 2000. The ruling follows another recent dismissal by Judge Brenda Sannes and underscores the legal challenges faced by similar climate-related legislation. Critics argue that such laws are unconstitutional and economically harmful, with costs eventually passed on to consumers. The article dismisses these initiatives as political posturing rather than practical solutions to climate change.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-28,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Judicial rulings in New York during Climate Week have struck down the state's controversial Climate Change Superfund Act, which aimed to hold fossil fuel companies financially accountable for billions of dollars in damages related to climate change. Passed in 2024, the law sought to levy a $75 billion charge against fossil fuel companies over 25 years to fund climate adaptation and infrastructure projects. However, federal judges P. Kevin Castel and Brenda Sannes ruled that the legislation was unconstitutional due to it being preempted by the Clean Air Act, which falls under federal jurisdiction rather than state control. This decision follows similar rulings in other states like Washington, Minnesota, and Connecticut, where laws designed to combat climate change have been challenged on grounds of overstepping state authority and interfering with federal governance. Critics argue that the law would ultimately burden consumers as companies passed on costs, while supporters see it as a necessary step for addressing environmental damage without federal intervention.
Written for “Climate Law Challenges” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
Judicial rulings against New York’s bogus Climate Superfund law marks yet another well-deserved blow to politicians’ global-warming posturing.
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rulings → mark → posturing
The 2024 legislation sought to swipe a whopping $75 billion from fossil-fuel companies it deemed responsible for more than a billion tons of greenhouse-gas emission since 2000.
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it → seek → 2000
Or as Robert S. Smith, a former top state judge, put it, lawmakers “needed some money — $75 billion, to be exact — for ‘comprehensive adaptation to the effects of climate change in New York’” and thought they had “a good way” to get it: Just take it.
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That was patently unconstitutional for numerous reasons, starting with the fact that the federal government oversees environmental regulation under the Clean Air Act, not states.
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And the public would’ve paid in the end, as those companies passed the new costs on to consumers.
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companies → pay → consumers
But passing the Superfund law let Democratic lawmakers pander to climate extremists by slapping Big Bad Oil, so they saw it as a win-win.
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Note that Judge P. Kevin Castel struck down that law just days after another federal jurist, Obama appointee Brenda Sannes, declared the “unusual and sweeping statute” wholly unenforceable.
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Their rulings add to climate crazies’ mounting courtroom losses: In 2021, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals struck down New York City’s wild bid to collect damages for climate change.
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And on Tuesday, a federal judge dismissed still another nutty lawsuit, filed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, claiming oil companies created a cartel that slowed the development of renewable energy.
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How fitting that such crazy laws, and lawsuits, grow out of a movement that’s itself based on insanity: the idea, essentially, that man-made global warming will destroy the world in just a few years unless we trash the economy and live like cavemen.
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In New York, that’s produced a climate agenda that’s done nothing to mitigate climate change but only driven energy costs through the roof and boosted the chances of power outages.
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It’s brought plenty of bad policy at the federal level, too, including billions burned on green giveaways.
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For example, the Environmental Protection Agency revealed Thursday that less than 40% of electric school buses purchased under multibillion-dollar Biden-era program have been delivered.
“In essence, American taxpayer dollars vanished into thin air, and our children were left without school buses,” fumed EPA boss Lee Zeldin.
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On energy issues, of course, even Republicans can be lured to nonsense, as their recent suggestion to ban diesel exports attests: The ban would mess with the entire oil-refining industry, rapidly yielding higher prices in America — not just for diesel but regular gasoline as well.
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ban → lure → diesel
Pushback and reality checks appear, finally, to be reining in climate lunacy.
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In New York, sky-high electric bills forced Gov. Kathy Hochul to push through a slight delay to the state’s climate-change mandates, at least until she gets through November’s elections.
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she → force → elections
Pray such sanity keeps spreading and spares us yet more economic pain from the climate-change kooks.
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