Tell your NJ state legislators to support the Climate Superfund Act to make polluters and corporate wrongdoers pay!
The Problem:
Scientists predict that New Jersey will bear the brunt of climate disasters as the Earth keeps warming and sea levels rise. This means that not only will our homes be on fire and underwater, but the people and towns of New Jersey will be the ones who shoulder the costs of this damage.
The Solution:
Under the proposed Climate Superfund Act (S3545/A4696), the top oil and gas corporations who caused this climate crisis in the first place will be the ones to pay.
Modeled after similar legislation passed in New York and Vermont. The bill applies the logic of the original Superfund Act, which requires polluters to pay to clean up their contaminated sites, to the climate crisis. While no dollar estimates are available for New Jersey yet, New York estimates it will generate $3 billion annually for the next 25 years to mitigate climate impacts.
The Climate Superfund Act ensures that only the top climate polluters (i.e. large oil and gas companies) pay, with the targets being those who have produced over 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas pollution since 1995. Even then, the costs would be proportionate instead of a flat fee for all offenders.
We have all heard the phrase "You break it, you buy it", why should the people and towns of New Jersey be burdened with the cost of a crisis they did not cause?
Take Action:
Tell your state legislators TODAY to support the Climate Superfund Act (S3545/A4696) to ensure that polluters and corporate wrongdoers pay!
