California Suing Major Oil Companies

Content for Mains Enrichment   Source: DTE  Context: California is suing five major oil and gas companies, including Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and BP, for allegedly deceiving and concealing information about the dangers of fossil fuels and their contribution to climate change. The lawsuit claims that these actions have caused harm to California, including …

What California’s atmospheric rivers mean for drought, floods, fires

GS Paper 1   Source: Indian Express   Context: California has experienced an exceptionally wet winter with 11 atmospheric rivers battering the state and a twelfth such storm threatening to cause even more flooding, landslides and road closures. California has received 147% of average rainfall so far this season, according to the state Department of …