伊利诺伊州提议设立气候变化超级基金,通过排放向企业收费,目的是为复原力项目提供资金,但面对权力、清晰度和经济风险的批评。
Illinois proposes a Climate Change Superfund to charge businesses by emissions, aiming to fund resilience projects, but faces criticism over power, clarity, and economic risk.
伊利诺伊州立法者正在考虑参议院第2981号法案,该法案将设立一个气候变化超级基金,使企业根据排放情况支付与气候有关的损害。
Illinois lawmakers are considering Senate Bill 2981, which would create a Climate Change Superfund to make businesses pay for climate-related damages based on their emissions.
伊利诺伊州环境保护局将确定责任、设定付款和直接资金(其中40%必须使处境不利的社区受益),用于减轻水灾和减少热量等项目。
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency would determine liability, set payments, and direct funds—40% of which must benefit disadvantaged communities—toward projects like flood mitigation and heat reduction.
支持者说,它促进问责制和复原力,而批评者,包括共和党立法者,则警告它给予非当选官员过多的权力,缺乏明确的定义,面临法律挑战的风险,并可能将企业赶出国家。
Supporters say it promotes accountability and resilience, while critics, including Republican lawmakers, warn it grants too much power to unelected officials, lacks clear definitions, risks legal challenges, and could drive businesses out of the state.
该法案包括一条分割条款,允许公司对赔偿责任提出异议,但其经济和法律影响仍然不确定。
The bill includes a severability clause and allows companies to contest liability, but its economic and legal impacts remain uncertain.