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Latest Storm in Southern California Exposes Need for Climate Superfund Bill [1]
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Date: 2025-03-13
Remember the apocalyptic firestorm in Los Angeles County this January that damaged or destroyed over 7,800 structures in the Palisades Fire and 10,500 structures in the Eaton Fire while claiming the lives of at least 29 Californians?
A storm is currently hitting Southern California, presenting the risk of flooding, debris flows and mudslides. Northern California is also under a winter storm warning this week.
“Some storms over southwest California are strengthening and could become severe through 5 pm today with strong winds, heavy rain, hail, and even a tornado,” the National Weather Service Los Angeles reported on X. “Bottom line, STAY AWARE. If the weather looks ominous, or you hear thunder, be safe and GO INDOORS.”
Food & Water Watch California Director Nicole Ghio responded to the weather warnings in a statement urging support for a bill to create a Climate Superfund in California.
“Californians have for too long been at the forefront of climate change driven extreme weather, with these new storms being only the latest example,” said Ghio “Research has shown that these weather events are only getting worse and more frequent as our planet warms.”
“While Big Oil makes record profits from its pollution – which is a major driver of the climate crisis in the first place – we foot the bill to clean up after these increasingly common disasters. Californians need a Climate Superfund now, and we need our state leaders to hold polluters accountable to make that happen,” she said.
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