{
  "id": 4884049,
  "title": "A Federal Judge Just Killed New York’s $75 Billion Climate Bill for Polluters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/a-federal-judge-just-killed-new-yorks-75-billion-climate-bill-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T15:19:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mother Jones",
    "slug": "mother-jones",
    "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/09/a-federal-judge-just-killed-new-yorks-75-billion-climate-bill-for-polluters/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On Monday, an Obama-appointed federal judge ruled that New York State could not enforce its 2024 Climate Change Superfund Act, a landmark law that would have charged fossil fuel companies $75 billion over 25 years for climate damages from cumulative greenhouse gas emissions. In a 63-page opinion, Chief Judge Brenda Sannes of the U.S. District […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}