DOJ Moves To Block Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act Targeting Energy Companies
The Justice Department argues Vermont’s law unlawfully punishes energy producers for alleged causation of extreme weather.
by Scott McClallen September 19, 2025, 12:48 PM
The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division has filed a motion for summary judgment in its challenge to the State of Vermont’s “climate superfund” law. [emphasis, links added]
The law aims to impose liability on foreign and domestic energy companies for their alleged past contributions to climate change.
The complaint was filed in May.
“The [Climate Superfund] Act imposes retroactive strict liability and severe monetary penalties on foreign and domestic energy companies that allegedly contributed to global greenhouse gas emissions over the course of nearly three decades,” the motion said.
“In so doing, the Act seeks to extend Vermont’s regulatory reach far beyond the State’s borders, purporting to police nationwide airspace and, indeed, the entire world.”
https://climatechangedispatch.com/doj-vermont-climate-superfund-lawsuit/
