California Democrats are trying to make the state's oil and gas companies pay for damage Los Angeles firesOn the pretext that fossil fuel emissions are responsible for the deadly disaster.
new A draft law for DemocratsIf it is approved, the insurance and climate law will be allowed, if approved, for “climate disaster victims”, such as LA fires, and insurance groups to prosecute oil and gas companies to obtain compensation under the claim that their emissions feed the raging fires.
Senator Scott Winner, who presented the bill this week, said that fossil fuel companies must pay the price of fire damage, because they “lead the climate crisis.”
Senator Scott Winner wrote that the fossil fuel industry bears the final responsibility for fueling these disasters: “California's residents should not be the only ones who paid destroyed climate disasters.
The fire from The Palisades Fire is built on Sunset Street in a strong wind storm on January 8, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles. (APU GOMES)
The draft law, which received the support of many legislators in the state, comes as Democrats tried to do so Blame the last fires In climate change instead of state and city policies, which faced increasing criticism in the weeks that followed the deadly fire.
Just months before the Hashim fire, Los Angeles reduced the Fire Department funding by more than $ 17 million. “There are not enough firefighters in Los Angeles Province to treat four separate fires of this size,” said President La Fire.
“We are paying the highest taxes in California. Our fire sanding was empty. Our plants were enlarged, and they were not disinfected. Our tanks were emptied by our ruler because tribal leaders wanted to save fish. The fire administration budget was reduced by its president. Thank God, addicted to drug tools , “Actress Sarah Foster wrote in a post on X.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump is touring a fires affected by fires in the Pacific Balsdes neighborhood in Los Angeles on January 24, 2025. (Mandel f)
Trump used the strength of his pen this week to sign an executive order Overing the environmental policies of the state In order to create more water in the Los Angeles region.
In the executive order issued on Sunday, Trump called on federal agencies to overcome the lists that are likely to limit the availability of water in the region, such as the Endangered species Law (ESA), which seeks to reduce water infrastructure to protect some types of fish, such as Delta Huff.
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This comes a few weeks after Trump's accusation of the governor of Gavin New Roire, to extend California, sponsored more about the protection of endangered fish more than the state's residents amid forest fires.
