Big Oil should pay Maine’s climate bill

California lawmakers stall push to charge oil firms for climate destruction

California legislators have paused bills aimed at holding fossil fuel companies financially accountable for climate damages, citing political headwinds, economic concerns, and fear of industry backlash.Aaron Cantú reports for Capital & Main.In short:Three proposed climate superfund bills in California, including one spurred by destructive Los Angeles wildfires, have been postponed or rejected amid concerns over job loss and fuel prices.The oil i…

Big Oil should pay Maine’s climate bill

Legislation to establish a Maine Climate Superfund would correctly hold polluters accountable.

Big Oil spends over $9 million in first quarter of 2025 to fight Climate Superfund Act, other bills

Sacramento, CA. — The unprecedented lobbying spending spree by Big Oil that took place in 2023 and 2024 has continued into 2025 as the oil industry spends millions to stop the Polluters Pay Superfund Act and other climate legislation.Gas and oil corporations spent a near-record pace of over $9 million to influence California officials in the first three months of 2025, according to an analysis by the Last Chance Alliance and Sunstone Strategies.…