In Oakland, dozens of students walked out of class on Friday to support a state climate bill — the “Make Polluters Pay Superfund Act,” which includes SB 684 in the Senate and AB 1243 in the Assembly.
Students held walkouts across the state, including at Berkeley High School.
“The Climate Superfund bill would require the top fossil fuel polluters, big oil, to pay their fair share for the climate crisis,” said Isabel Penman, an organizer with Food and Water Watch who helped coordinate the walkout. “And that money would go to the state of California to invest in climate resiliency programs so that taxpayers — regular Californians — aren’t the only ones footing the bill.”…