Oil Lobby Stalls Another CA Climate Change Bill

Brookline Backs Bill to Make Polluters Pay

Brookline, MA — On Thursday, June 5, Brookline Town Meeting members voted overwhelmingly to pass Warrant Article 25, a resolution endorsing Massachusetts legislation (H.1014/S.588) that would create a Climate Change Superfund. The state bill would raise billions over 25 years from the largest fossil companies to help fund urgently needed climate resilience projects in communities across the Commonwealth. Brookline joins Boston, Cambridge, Medfor…

Oil lobby stalls another CA climate change bill

Oil pumps in the Kern River Oil Field near Bakersfield on July 6, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local An ambitious proposal that would require fossil fuel polluters to pay for climate disasters caused by the greenhouse gases they emit appears to have stalled in the face of strong opposition from those same fossil fuel polluters. As CalMatters’ Alejandro Lazo explains, a bill by Assemblymember Dawn Addis would require mu…

Maryland local governments challenge dismissal of climate lawsuits against oil companies « Carbon Pulse

Two cities and one county in Maryland recently appealed the dismissal of their lawsuits seeking to hold major oil and gas companies financially responsible for damages linked to climate change.