Virginia’s attempt to join a national wave of climate superfund legislation was immediately rejected after a bipartisan vote against the newly introduced bill in a key committee this week.
Like similar climate superfund legislation introduced elsewhere around the country, SB420, the “Extreme Weather Taxpayer Protection Program and Fund” bill, aimed to penalize U.S. energy companies for historic greenhouse gas emissions and for cost recovery payments to the Commonwealth.
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