S259 creates a "Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program" to require “compensatory” payments from entities involved in fossil fuel extraction or petroleum refining. Under this law, "responsible parties" who have contributed greenhouse gas emissions are subject to strict liability for funding climate change adaptation projects like nature-based solutions, infrastructure upgrades, and public health initiatives. Additionally, S259 mandates the development of a “Resilience Implementation Strategy” by the Agency of Natural Resources.
The Vermont Senate passed S259 on April 2, 2024 by a vote of 26 to 3. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill expands government control under the guise of the “climate change” hoax, and seeks to implement provisions of the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 into state law. Globalist elites are fanatically attempting expand their taxing power and authority, encroaching on the property rights of Americans enshrined in the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment. Vermont must end the unconstitutional war on fossil fuels and other energy resources that will further threaten free-market enterprise, reduce our standards of living, and compromise the integrity of our infrastructure.
