In the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Petroleum Institute’s lawsuit challenging Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, the federal district court for the District of Vermont granted Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont and the Conservation Law Foundation’s motion to intervene to defend the law. The organizations alleged that climate change had harmed their members and that implementation of the law could benefit their members. The court found that the relevant factors weighed in favor of granting permissive intervention.

Challenge to Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, which established a Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program to fund adaptation projects with payments by fossil fuel companies.

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Moore

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Vermont Federal Court Allowed Organizations to Intervene to Defend Climate Superfund Law

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Vermont Federal Court Allowed Organizations to Intervene to Defend Climate Superfund Law

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Fossil fuel

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Adaptation/resilience