States like New York and Vermont instituted climate superfund statutes to collect money from fossil fuels companies based on alleged harms from their carbon emissions.
"They've come up with a very unique theory that because of climate change or global warming being caused, allegedly by our fossil fuel companies. They believe that they can sue them under some kind of a nuisance theory," Hageman continued, referencing the public nuisance justification many activist lawsuits depend on. "But the bill would prevent them from being able to pursue these lawsuits."
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