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California lawmakers propose legislation to hold oil companies liable for natural disasters
State Senator Sasha Renée Pérez proposed the legislation alongside State Senator Scott Weiner. Senator Pérez joins Micah Ohlman and Sandra Mitchell to discuss the legislation, as well as the ...
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California lawmaker seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change-related damage
However, they are also the companies that aren’t paying for those same impacts. The bill has a handful of coauthors, including state Senator Sasha Renée Pérez, a Pasadena Democrat whose district was ...
Wall Street Journal1d
California Wildfire Damage Control
Sasha Renée Pérez. The legislation would hold U.S. oil and gas producers liable for “climate disasters,” including fires, floods, mudslides and “extreme heat events,” on the dubious ...
Washington Times4d
California Democrats seek to allow ‘climate disaster’ victims to sue oil-and-gas industry
Democratic state Sens. Scott Wiener and Sasha Renee Perez introduced Monday legislation to allow insurance companies and victims of “climate disasters” to seek legal damages from fossil ...
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California lawmakers want oil companies to be liable for natural disasters
IN A STATEMENT, THE LEADER OF THE WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION SAID IN PART, IT IS A SHAME THAT SENATOR SCOTT WIENER AND SENATOR SASHA RENEE PEREZ SEE THE LOS ANGELES FIRES AS NOTHING ...