How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change

By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters
Oil companies had their hackles up this year after Sen. Scott Wiener introduced a controversial bill that would allow victims of wildfires and other climate disasters to sue them for causing climate change.
Facing potentially billions of dollars in losses, Big Oil had a lot to lose.
But oil companies took a back seat last week when it came time to persuade environmentally friendly lawmakers to kill the legislation.
Instead, Big Oil’s most influential allies in