Yesterday, the California Senate Judiciary Committee voted down the “Affordable Insurance and Recovery Act” (SB 982), introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener (D) to authorize the California State Attorney General to sue oil and gas companies over the impacts of climate change.

Yet, despite the pushback in California, and concerns expressed by the insurance industry itself, the Hawaii House of Representatives voted to advance SB 1166, its own iteration of the bill.

Read more on EID Climate.