Donald Trump wasted no time overturning Biden’s climate agenda with a series of executive orders seeking to establish American energy dominance, but California government continues its role as a state leading the war on fossil fuels. The wildfires that damaged or destroyed an estimated 16,000 homes have given California’s anti-fossil fuel activists more visual — if not factual — ammunition.
San Francisco Sen. Scott Weiner introduced a bill Monday that would allow insurance companies, as well as those impacted by the fires, to extract damages from oil companies through lawsuits.
“We need real solutions to help victims in the wake of this tragedy, not theatrics. Voters are tired of this approach,” Western States Petroleum Association President and CEO Catherine Reheis-Boyd countered in a statement.
Leaving California
While the state’s energy policies have driven up gasoline and electricity costs for the state’s residents, the impacts of these policies go beyond its borders and may threaten national security as well.
“It’s almost impossible for a refiner to do business now in California, and I don’t think a lot of them are going to stay,” Michael Miche, University of Southern California professor and management consultant, told Just the News. […]
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