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Cook County Board introduces resolutions backing Climate Superfund Act and opposing legal immunity for fossil-fuel companies

Cook County Board of Commissioners · March 12, 2026

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Summary

The Board received remote testimony from State Sen. Graciela Guzman in support of the Climate Change Superfund Act and introduced county resolutions urging state and federal action to make polluters pay and opposing proposals that would grant legal immunity to fossil-fuel companies; the measures were referred to committee.

State Senator Graciela Guzman, connected remotely, urged the Cook County Board to support Illinois legislation she sponsored — the Climate Change Superfund Act — which would require the largest fossil-fuel companies to contribute to a state fund for resilience and recovery. Guzman said Cook County…

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