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Joe Barone, Shale Directories
Blog
April 15, 2026

Bipartisan Opposition Stalls Climate Insurance Bill in California, But Hawaii Pushes Ahead

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.

Joe Barone, Shale Directories
Blog
May 7, 2025

Maine Officials Sound the Alarm During Hearing on Costly, Controversial Superfund Bills

The climate lawfare machine hit a roadblock in Maine this week, as state officials and business leaders raised red flags about a pair of climate superfund-style bills being rushed through the legislature with little public notice.

Joe Barone, Shale Directories
Blog
May 5, 2025

California Climate Superfund Fees Hit Wall Amid Affordability Concerns

For the second year in a row California lawmakers have failed to advance their much-hyped “climate superfund” legislation – a pair of bills that would impose retroactive fees on oil companies for their alleged contributions to climate change.

Joe Barone, Shale Directories
Blog
August 28, 2024

CBS Turns Its Airwaves Over to Rockefeller-funded Media to Attack Plastics Recycling

The decision by CBS News to partner with the activist “news” website Inside Climate News (ICN) for a story on plastic recycling should raise journalistic alarm bells, especially when readers are left without any information or any acknowledgement about ICN’s funders and its mission to finance litigation and activism campaigns against American energy and industrial companies.