Climate change is intensifying and increasing the number of storms that hit our country every year.

And the cost of recovering from these natural disasters is getting more expensive.

It's why environmental advocates, elected officials and even grassroots groups teamed up today for a rally outside the state House, urging lawmakers to pass the Climate Superfund Act.

It's a bill that would make polluters, including the largest fossil fuel companies, pay for damages caused by climate change and give the state treasurer the power to tally up the destruction caused over the last three decades.

Then task the State Department of Environmental Protection with collecting on those damages.

That money would fund a new recovery program to help with everything from infrastructure repairs to upgrades for the electrical grid.

Doug O'Malley is part of the Empower N.J.

Coalition backing the bill.

We know what the impacts of climate change are, and that means we need real clean energy solutions and we need to ensure that we are not investing in false clean energy solutions.

Specifically, we need to have a climate Superfund bill which holds oil and gas polluters responsible for the damage inflicted, as well as having 100% squeaky clean, clean electricity standard legislation.

We have to invest in real solutions.