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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dharna Noor

Trump DoJ seeks to kill Vermont law that makes big oil pay for climate harm

a young boy holding a sign
Oliver Moore, seven, of Montpelier, Vermont, listens to a speaker during a rally to end the use of fossil fuels, in New York on 17 September 2023. Photograph: Bryan Woolston/AP

Donald Trump’s justice department has asked a judge to shut down a Vermont law which holds major polluters financially responsible for climate damages.

In a brief filed on Monday in a federal court in Burlington, the administration said the policy was “unlawful on its face” and pushed the court to “end Vermont’s lawless experiment”.

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