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Climate Activists Tell Oil Cos to “Pay Up” for L.A. Wildfires as Guterres Slams Fossil Fuel Industry

HeadlineJan 17, 2025

On Thursday, dozens of climate activists with the Sunrise Movement held a protest outside a Phillips 66 terminal in Los Angeles, demanding oil companies “pay up” for the wildfires and other climate catastrophes. Last year, oil and gas interests successfully campaigned to kill a California bill that would have forced polluters to help cover the cost of climate disasters.

Meanwhile, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has blamed the fossil fuel industry for the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, linking them to the broader climate crisis, in a speech to the General Assembly Wednesday.

Secretary-General António Guterres: “Look no further than the hills of Los Angeles. It has gone from the home of disaster movies to a scene of disaster. Who pays the price for climate destruction around the world? Not the fossil fuel industry, pocketing profits and taxpayer subsidies as their products wreak havoc. Every people suffer.”

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