ACTION UPDATE: SUCCESS! HOCHUL SIGNS HISTORIC CLIMATE SUPERFUND ACT.

Cornell on Fire joined over 100 activists and people of common sense at the New York State Capitol in Albany on December 10, 2024, to demand that Governor Hochul sign the Climate Superfund Act to make polluters pay for the climate damages they have knowingly caused. The Act already passed both houses of the New York Legislature and was only awaiting Hochul’s approval. Thanks in large part to grassroots activism, Governor Hochul signed the historic bill into law on December 26, 2024.

As Senator Krueger writes, the Climate Change Superfund Act is crucial to make daily life affordable for New Yorkers as climate disruption intensifies. Inside Climate News covered the action by noting that this bill would "shift the burden of climate adaptation from taxpayers to fossil fuel companies."

Read press coverage highlights: New York Climate Activists Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign ‘Superfund’ Bill; Activists Stage Sit-In at New York State Capitol, New Yorkers arrested at ‘Demand Climate Justice’ sit-in ; and The World’s 10th Largest Economy Just Signed on to Make Climate Polluters Pay.

The New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG) and Third Act helped lead this alliance action involving 43 groups to Make Corporate Climate Polluters Pay. Supporting the alliance action from Ithaca were activists from Cornell on Fire, Extinction Rebellion Ithaca, Campaign for Renewable Energy, the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative, and Third Act Upstate New York.

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