On Tuesday, September 24th, the Malden City Council voted unanimously in favor of a municipal resolution in support of policy to establish a climate change superfund and promote polluter responsibility. Activists attended the Council Meeting and three made public comments in strong support of the resolution.

The Municipal Resolution, which received overwhelming approval, sends a resounding message about the urgent need to address the mounting costs of climate change and the support from communities to hold polluters accountable. Malden would benefit under the policy from increased funding to mitigate waterfront flooding, extreme heat, and air pollution. 

350 Mass member and Make Polluters Pay campaign supporter Rosemary Mosco: "It's painfully clear that we're unprepared for this new world that the fossil fuel companies have given us. Nobody's safe. People are already dying, and in a way, someone killed them. If, in today's divided world, 77% of people think that fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for what we've faced and what we'll keep facing, then I think it's pretty clear that we should make these polluters pay."

As fossil fuel corporations continue to amass record profits, the burden of climate change impact on taxpayers becomes increasingly evident. Recent polling shows that 77% of Massachusettsians believe that big oil and gas companies bear "a lot" or "some responsibility" to combat climate change.