‘The path forward is clear’: how Trump taking office has ‘turbocharged’ climate accountability efforts

Make polluters pay' laws, led by blue states AGs, and accountability suits will be a major front for climate litigation for the coming years

Donald Trump's re-election has turbocharged" climate accountability efforts including laws which aim to force greenhouse gas emitters to pay damages for fueling dangerous global warming, say activists.

These make polluters pay" laws, led by blue states' attorneys general, and climate accountability lawsuits will be a major front for climate litigation in the coming months and years. They are being challenged by red states and the fossil fuel industry, which are also fighting against accountability-focused climate lawsuits waged by governments and youth environmentalists.