Scott Weiner, a Democratic State Senator in California, is introducing laws that may permit folks to sue oil firms over the wildfires which have ravaged the state in current weeks.
That is typical Democrat political sleight of hand.
Oil firms had NOTHING to do with the damaging nature of those fires. If folks need to sue somebody, they need to sue the Democrats who run the state and fully dropped the ball on being prepared for these totally predictable fires.
It’s wonderful that that is even actual.
A newly proposed California state regulation would create a brand new pathway for victims of wildfires and insurance coverage firms to sue oil firms over local weather change. https://t.co/17RikPgRLf
— CBS Information (@CBSNews) January 28, 2025
From CBS News:
A newly proposed California state regulation would create a brand new pathway for victims of wildfires and insurance coverage firms to sue oil firms over local weather change.
Democratic State Senator Scott Weiner launched the invoice immediately linking the wildfires to local weather change brought on by oil firms, as a part of the statewide response to the Los Angeles-area wildfires.
“Completely catastrophic wildfires taking place in the midst of winter,” Weiner mentioned. “For insurance coverage firms, they’re going to must, if this invoice passes, they’re going to must take a really exhausting have a look at searching for compensation from the oil firms.”
Republican State Senator Roger Niello is against the invoice.
“Will probably be an invite for lawsuits,” Niello mentioned. “This furthers the narrative, the false narrative that that is all about local weather change. It’s after all way more sophisticated than that.”
That is Weiner. He’s making an attempt to position the entire blame for this on local weather change and oil firms.
I’m introducing laws (SB 222) to make sure oil firms pay for the climate-fueled disasters which can be burning & flooding California.
Californians are bearing these prices with explosive insurance coverage premium will increase that make CA much less reasonably priced. That has to vary.
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) January 27, 2025
Did oil firms trigger the dearth of water within the fireplace hydrants? Did oil firms fail to clear the entire flammable brush? No. The Democrats who run the state did that.
Oil firms did not mismanage California’s fireplace mitigation and preparedness. Democrats did that.
The truth is oil firms not solely did not have something to do with these fires, they’re chargeable for the entire petroleum merchandise utilized by firefighters to place out the Democrat fires. https://t.co/u4YMC6YALp
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) January 28, 2025
California is not going to be saved till these Democrats are voted out of workplace.
