
Why California wants Big Oil to pay for its wildfires?
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The Tax Loophole: Big Oil's Impact on California's Wildfire Funding
This chapter explores California's taxation policies for oil companies and the lobbying that led to the Water's Edge election, enabling these firms to evade taxes on offshore profits. It emphasizes the resulting budget shortfall for the state, which jeopardized climate funding and intensified wildfire challenges, alongside the struggle between climate activists and corporate lobbying.
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