California lawmakers proposed making fossil fuel companies liable for natural disasters by allowing natural disaster victims and insurance companies to sue them due to their alleged impact on the environment.

California is considering a bill that would allow insurers and victims of climate-driven natural disasters to sue the oil industry for damages

A newly proposed California state law would create a new pathway for victims of wildfires and insurance companies to sue oil companies over climate change.

California on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's claim that the U.S. military entered the state to release more water in the wake of deadly wildfires.

California hit back against Donald Trump's claims that the military "turned on the water" to fight ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area. The president signed an executive order seeking to get around federal and state laws covering the state's water system to provide enough resources to fight the wildfires,

At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.

The death toll from the wildfires plaguing the Los Angeles area in the United States has risen to 29. The coroner’s office announced on Monday evening that one person died in hospital over the weekend as a result of the “Palisades’’ fire on the western edge of Los Angeles.