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This week Sierra Club and Make Polluters Pay released a series of ads targeting Rep. Jeff Hurd and raising awareness in Colorado’s 3rd district about a congressional Republican effort to give fossil fuel corporations immunity from climate damages.
The recently introduced “Stop the Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026,” could make it illegal for any lawsuit against fossil fuel companies alleging climate damages to come to fruition. This bill could also immediately invalidate efforts by states like New York and Vermont to utilize recently passed climate superfunds, which aim to raise money to help offset costs incurred from climate-related disasters.
“It’s unconscionable that members of Congress would turn their back on their constituents to side with billion dollar oil and gas corporations that are clearly contributing to climate change, an impact they have known about for decades. In a clear example of open oligarchy, the Trump administration is striking again against regular people who are struggling to pay their bills and will only face higher prices as extreme weather wreaks havoc on our economy,” said Margaret Kran-Annexstein, Director of Colorado Sierra Club. “In Colorado, we are enduring record-breaking drought, fires, life-threatening pollution, and extreme heat. Our members of Congress, like Rep. Hurd, need to give a clear answer — will they join Trump by taking unprecedented action to protect the billionaire class, or side with common sense, the rule of law, and their neighbors who are facing costly climate challenges right now?”
