Lawmakers across several states are proposing to address fossil fuel companies’ role in climate change, while also tackling soaring home insurance costs made worse by natural disasters.
California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) on Wednesday introduced a bill (SB 982) to expressly give the state attorney general the power to go after fossil-fuel companies for damages from worsening natural disasters and then use the money to help with home insurance costs across the state.
This year’s legislation in part differs from a similar bill Wiener introduced last year, because the attorney general, not residents, would have the power to sue ...
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