The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change.

The oil industry is among groups challenging a new Vermont law that seeks to hold them accountable for their role in climate change.The lawsuit filed Monday in Vermont federal court marks the first of an expected wave of litigation against states with similar climate Superfund laws,

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill into law requiring companies that have burned fossil fuels and contributed to atmosphere pollution to help pay for damages caused by climate change.

A state court rejected an effort to dismiss Vermont's claims that companies misled consumers about the dangers of burning fossil fuels.