Illinois lawmakers plan to introduce a climate change superfund bill in the state legislature this session, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to make fossil fuel companies pay up for the fast-growing financial fallout of climate change. As the costs of global warming rise—in the form of home insurance premiums, utility bills, health expenses, and record-breaking damages from extreme weather—local advocates are increasingly pushing states to require that fossil fuel companies contribute to climate “superfunds” that would support mitigation and adaptation. Two states—New York and Vermont—have already passed climate superfund laws. Advocates and some Democratic lawmakers are pushing states to fill the gap. “We’re a blue state, so we need to… implement ways to improve infrastructure and health and combat climate change.”