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Lawmakers Propose New Legislation That Would Make 'Big Polluters' Pay $1 Trillion: 'This Is So Serious'
03 Nov 2024 | Abstracted from The Cool Down
""Big polluters can no longer run from their responsibility to address the harm they have done.
"There is a growing nationwide push to hold gas and oil companies accountable for knowingly contributing to the climate crisis and deceiving the public...Only the largest U.S. fossil fuel extractors and refiners - as well as foreign companies that do business in the U.S. - would have to pay into the fund."
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