Amid National Call to ‘Make Polluters Pay,’ Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill

Inside Climate News · By Keerti Gopal · last updated January 28, 2026 – 2:09 PM

As climate costs rise and the U.S. backslides on action, pressure mounts on states to fill the gaps.

By Keerti Gopal

Illinois lawmakers plan to introduce a climate change superfund bill in the state legislature this session, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to make fossil fuel companies pay up for the fast-growing financial fallout of climate change.

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