Under California Senate Bill 222, victims of certain disasters—including wildfires—in California would be able to sue oil and gas companies for compensation.
Authors of the new bill, sponsored by the Center for Climate Integrity and California Environmental Voters, said the bill seeks to target those “responsible for a climate disaster or extreme weather or other events attributable to climate change due to the responsible party’s misleading and deceptive practices or the provision of misinformation or disinformation about the connection between its fossil fuel products and climate change.”
