POSITIVE Climate 119th Congress

H.R.1135 Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2025

Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act — imposes a $1 trillion total assessment ($100 billion per year over 10 years) on the largest fossil-fuel companies, allocated by each company's share of covered historical greenhouse-gas emissions, with proceeds funding climate adaptation and damage mitigation (119th Congress)

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Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act — assesses fossil-fuel majors based on share of historical emissions; sponsors describe the design as Superfund-style (CERCLA-inspired) industry-borne financing. Cosponsorship signals support for industry-borne (rather than taxpayer-borne) financing of climate damages.