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New York is the second state to pass a law ensuring big polluters will play for climate damages. Vermont passed a similar law over the summer—a year after a federal emergency was declared across the state after a storm dumped two months’ worth of rain in just two days, causing historic and devastating flooding. Jamie Henn, director of Fossil Free Media, said the Climate Change Superfund Act “kicks open the door for more states to follow.”