California AG Readies Environment Legal Fight With Trump (1)

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) has spent much of his term investigating and suing fossil fuel and petrochemical companies for their alleged role in climate change and plastic pollution. Now, he’s gearing up to become a watchdog for potential environmental transgressions of President-elect Donald Trump.

How much legal action California takes with the initial $25 million litigation war chest proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will depend entirely on how closely Trump follows the law, Bonta said Wednesday in ...