Calif. Senate backs away from bill criminalizing climate change doubt

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The California Senate won’t take up a bill that would make it illegal for businesses to not believe in climate change.

Senate Bill 1161 would turn not believing in climate change into an unfair business practice in California and would extend the statute of limitations on the charge. The bill has been criticized as being anti-free speech.

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