In historic move, Vermont becomes 1st state to pass law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The international group says that fossil fuels account for more than  75% of emissions of greenhouse gases, which trap heat in the atmosphere and increase global temperatures, leading to more extreme weather events. 
51% : The Agency of Natural Resources would oversee the cost recovery program, which would assess a "cost recovery demand" for any entity or successor in interest to an entity that was in the business of extracting fossil fuels or refining crude oil.
50% : "  "Big Oil" – the world's biggest oil and gas companies – mostly relies on fossil fuels in their businesses, which are "by far the largest contributor to global climate change," according to the United Nations.
43% : Vermont has passed a first-in-the-nation law that will require "Big Oil" to pay for damage caused by climate change, the long-term shift in weather patterns that is heavily influenced by fossil fuel emissions. 

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