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Cook County committee urges Climate Superfund, opposes fossil‑fuel immunity and backs polystyrene ban
Summary
The Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee unanimously approved a bundled package urging passage of a Climate Superfund Act, urging Congress to reject legal immunity for fossil‑fuel companies, and supporting a statewide ban on polystyrene food containers; the motion carried on a roll call reported as 13 ayes, 4 absent.
The Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee of the Cook County Board approved a bundled motion to urge passage of the Climate Superfund Act, to urge Congress to reject efforts to create legal immunity for fossil‑fuel companies, and to support the Disposable Food Service Container Act (a polystyrene ban).
Vice Chair Degnan, who sponsored the resolutions, framed the action as a local effort to hold polluters accountable and to fund resiliency work. "If corporations knowingly sell a harmful product and lie about it, we should be able to take them to court to hold them accountable," Vice Chair Degnan said, describing state bills S.B. 2981 and H.B. 4773 as…
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