California Democrats Reject Bill Allowing Climate Victims To Sue Energy Firms

Democratic lawmakers in the California legislature are rejecting a bill from one of their colleagues that would allow victims of climate change-related disasters, as well as insurance firms, to sue oil and gas companies to collect for damages they have incurred, fearing higher energy and consumer product prices and expensive litigation. “This will absolutely drive up the cost of gas even farther in the state of California. I fundamentally believe that, I could never not believe that. There’s no way...