{"id":344694,"date":"2026-09-12T03:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344694\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T03:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:56:47","slug":"new-york-climate-superfund-law-struck-down-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/344694\/","title":{"rendered":"New York climate superfund law struck down in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gavel-judge-scaled-e1636118244476.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1536\" class=\"wp-image-0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>New York climate superfund law struck down in court<\/p>\n<p>New York climate superfund law struck down in court<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/author\/david-lombardo\/\" title=\"Posts by David Lombardo\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Lombardo<\/a>Published On: September 11th, 2026Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/category\/pressroom\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol Pressroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 11 , 2026 \u2013 Fossil fuel providers are celebrating a federal court victory this summer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/sep\/01\/judge-strikes-new-york-law-climate-polluters-damage-pay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">striking down<\/a> a New York imposing billions of dollars in penalties on major contributors to climate change. We explore the opposition to the law with <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/?s=Ken+Pokalsky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Pokalsky<\/a>, vice president at the Business Council of New York State.<\/p>\n<p>Listen On<\/p>\n<p> .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 30 !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}]]><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" 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