California bill would let insurers sue oil companies to avoid raising rates
California lawmakers introduced a first-in-the-nation bill Monday to create a clear legal pathway for individuals and insurance companies to sue oil companies for damages after fires like the ones that destroyed whole neighborhoods in Los Angeles this month.
California bill would hold oil and gas companies liable for climate change-fueled damage
A bill introduced in California’s state legislature would make fossil fuel companies legally liable for damages from climate change, similarly to current law holding utilities liable for fires started by their equipment.
This California bill would let victims, insurance companies sue Big Oil for disaster damages
A bill that would allow victims and insurance companies to seek damages in court from fossil fuel companies after weather disasters was introduced Monday in the state legislature by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, in an effort to address California’s home insurance crisis.
California lawmakers want oil companies to be liable for natural disasters
Two Democratic California state senators on Monday will announce a proposal allowing the victims of natural disasters and insurance companies to sue the oil industry for damages based on their impact on the environment.
California Considers Letting Wildfire Victims Sue Oil Companies for Damages
California is considering a bill that would allow insurers and victims of climate-driven natural disasters to sue the oil industry for damages
California Bill Would Allow Wildfire Victims to Sue Oil Companies ‘Responsible’ for Climate Change
Opponents say the bill’s authors are scapegoating the fossil fuel industry for ‘complicated’ weather-related disasters caused by a variety of factors.
California to Alert Students, Parents if ICE Agents Turn Up Under New Bill
The measure, authored by Democratic Senator Sasha Renée Pérez, is a response to a new executive order by Donald Trump.
One reason your power bill is high: Baked-in profits that critics call excessive
Customers across the state are facing steep power bills from the state’s three main investor-owned power companies.
California lawmakers introduce bill to require voter ID in elections
California lawmakers have introduced a bill to implement voter identification requirements in response to President Donald ...
Starting, spreading wildfires would be federal crime under California congressmen’s bill
A new House bill would make it a federal crime to “cause a wildfire, further the spread of a wildfire, or attempt to do ...
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California bill would ban out-of-pocket costs for patients under 21
A Calif. lawmaker has introduced legislation that would expand the ban on out-of-pocket costs to all covered healthcare services provided to patients under 21.
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California legislator seeks to block state funding for high speed rail project
A California state legislator has introduced a bill seeking to halt funding for California’s high speed rail project from the ...
California lawmakers officially file new special session bills for LA disaster relief
California lawmakers on Monday officially filed bills to provide immediate disaster relief and emergency response funds for ...
New bill would allow California communities to decide where battery plants are located
AB 303 will remove battery energy storage facilities from the California Energy Commission’s opt-in certification program, ...
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California rushes billions in aid for LA fire recovery: ‘The first of many steps’
California passed a set of bills to expedite LA wildfire recovery funds as part of an extended special session called by Gov. Gavin Newsom in response to Palisades and Eaton fires.