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To the editor: As an environmental lawyer steeped in the fossil-fueled "climate whiplash" that unleashed the wildfires ripping through Los Angeles, I was still stunned to be packing up my family and cats to flee our Altadena home Tuesday night.
As I write this, my home is at risk, my family’s synagogue and kids’ elementary school have burned down, and many friends have lost everything. My fear and grief are compounded by outrage at the failure to hold fossil-fuel polluters accountable for the devastation they've profited from causing.
At more than $50 billion in estimated damages, the L.A. fires rank as one of the worst disasters in U.S. history. Yet, the oil companies that fueled the climate chaos contributing to these fires get off scot-free.
One of my organization’s top priorities is a California climate superfund bill expected this legislative session. It would make corporate polluters pay part of their huge profits to repair the damage they’ve caused.