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Vermont is going above and beyond to ensure it’s the most unfriendly state to the American oil industry with a new law that will require companies to “pay for the impacts of climate change.” The Climate Superfund Act was passed by the state House on May 7 by a strong 94-38 majority but just shy of a supermajority in the deep blue state, per The Hill. The outlet also notes that Vermont has become the first to enact such legislation. The bill intends to look all the way back to 1995 for potential environmental damage caused by oil companies and force financial penalties for the damage in the for…