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September 13, 2024

Democrats Unveil Bill to Make Fossil Fuel Companies Pay $1 Trillion over Climate Crisis
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Democratic lawmakers on Thursday unveiled the Polluters Pay Climate Fund
Act, that would force fossil fuel companies to pay into a fund that
"addresses the harm and damages they caused."

In related news, pressure is mounting for the Biden administration to
cancel all new liquefied natural gas export licenses after a judge
recently lifted a pause on new LNG export approvals and after a new
study found that LNG has a 33% greater greenhouse gas footprint than
coal.


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