Effort advances to make polluters pay for environmental damage

By: Lucy Harper

Outlets: NJ State House News Service

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 459

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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TRENTON, N.J. – A “Polluters Pay” proposal that would make fossil fuel companies fund environmental clean-up passed on a 10-4 vote following a heated Assembly committee hearing Tuesday.

The bill, A3735, would require major fossil fuel companies to help fund New Jersey’s response to the environmental impacts of climate change.

The legislation aims to establish a $50 billion fund dedicated to preventing and resolving climate-related disasters, and would create …

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