In the year preceding the devastating LA county #wildfires, big oil fiercely lobbied to kill a “polluter pay” bill that moved through the California senate and would have forced major fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of #ClimateDisasters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/polluter-pay-bill-climate-disasters?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters
Legislation has new life in wake of Los Angeles catastrophe but US fossil-fuel industry is already mobilizing against it
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