Scott Weiner, a Democratic State Senator in California, is introducing laws that will permit individuals 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 harmful nature of those fires. If individuals need to sue somebody, they need to sue the Democrats who run the state and fully dropped the ball on being prepared for these completely 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 instantly linking the wildfires to local weather change attributable to oil firms, as a part of the statewide response to the Los Angeles-area wildfires.
“Completely catastrophic wildfires occurring in the course of winter,” Weiner mentioned. “For insurance coverage firms, they’re going to need to, if this invoice passes, they’re going to need to take a really arduous 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 in fact rather more difficult than that.”
That is Weiner. He’s making an attempt to put 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 might be burning & flooding California.
Californians are bearing these prices with explosive insurance coverage premium will increase that make CA much less inexpensive. That has to vary.
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) January 27, 2025
Did oil firms trigger the shortage 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.
Actually oil firms not solely did not have something to do with these fires, they’re answerable 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 won’t be saved till these Democrats are voted out of workplace.