Despite backlash, more states are considering laws to make Big Oil pay for climate change | After Vermont and New York passed "climate Superfund" legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills

Backlash from who? It we don't make them pay, it's just going to get worse.

This feels like an interesting consequence to the gutting of FEMA. States still need funds for disaster relief, but now the feds won't pay. Considering most major natural disasters these days have been amped up by climate change, there's a logical link that Big Oil should be the ones to foot the bill if the U.S. won't.

Of course, one can expect this won't last long and the current U.S. administration will intervene on the side of Big Oil before this gets interesting, but I like the idea.