California Climate ‘Superfund’ Bill Passes Committee But Faces Uphill Battle

A California Senate committee is advancing a bill to create a novel climate change “Superfund” program requiring fossil fuel companies to pay the state tens of billions of dollars for various damages caused by climate change, though the measure faces an uphill battle to enactment by the full legislature due to strong labor and industry opposition. “Our taxpayers have paid enough” for climate mitigation programs. “They cannot continue to foot the bill while super-polluters make record profits year after year...