Apparently, Vermont is the first state to start forcing companies that sell fossil fuels to contribute to a climate clean-up fund.
There’s a simple way to make sure it’s also that last state to do so. Companies that sell fossil fuels should just stop doing business in Vermont, and see how long it takes for the state to repeal the law that it just passed. I give it a week, two at the outside.
The short-sighted, quarterly-profit-driven view would be to say: But we need those sales! The longer view is to look at where this kind of thing eventually leads and take a small, temporary hit now to avoid an enormous, permanent hit down the road.
Fossil fuel companies, the ball is in your court.