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Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part.

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Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part.

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In holding Big Oil accountable, the state must determine much individual fossil fuel companies must pay for the impacts of climate disasters.

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They don’t pay because the law is too toothless and the IRS has no money. Vermont is on the right track.

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