Vermont is getting sued for its law requiring companies to pay for climate change damage

"Vermont wants to impose massive retroactive penalties going back 30 years for lawful, out-of-state conduct that was regulated by Congress under the Clean Air Act."

"The lawsuit argues the U.S. Constitution precludes the act and that the state law is preempted by the federal Clean Air Act."

"Because greenhouse gases come from billions of individual sources, they argue it is impossible to measure 'accurately and fairly' the impact of emissions from a particular entity in a particular location over decades."

"Vermont became the first state in the country to enact the law after it suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather."

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