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Bill would let New Hampshire consumers sue over greenwashing and seek damages tied to fossil‑fuel emissions
Summary
HB 601 would expand deceptive‑practice law to address ‘greenwashing’ claims and create a state pathway allowing consumers and businesses to recover losses from climate disasters apportioned to large fossil fuel emitters; proponents compare fossil deception to tobacco, while opponents raised procedural questions.
The committee heard testimony on HB 601, a bill that would (a) clarify deceptive practices under state consumer protection law to cover misleading environmental claims known as “greenwashing,” and (b) create a new private cause of action allowing individuals and businesses suffering monetary losses from defined ‘‘climate disasters’’ to sue certain high‑emitting fossil fuel companies for damages proportional to those companies’ historic emissions.
Sponsor Representative Erin Reid told the committee the bill does not introduce new criminal penalties but creates private remedies and…
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