Gavin Newsom learned a lesson from Jerry Brown’s last year in office. He saw how Brown’s refusal to deal with the supply side of oil and limit oil drilling tarred his credentials as a climate reformer. Newsom didn’t...
Trump has called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” His Department of Energy is acting accordingly by canceling lots of awards for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Direct Air Capture (DAC) projects purportedly...
During the signing of the reauthorization bill for cap-and-trade this year, AB 1207 (Irwin), Governor Newsom claimed the bill would result in $60 billion saved in rebates for consumers over 20 years. He has since repeated the claim to...
No other industry, aside from healthcare, keeps its customers in the dark about the costs of products and services before they commit to purchasing them. By fostering transparency in healthcare costs, we can empower patients and take a...
The FAIR Plan, the insurance pool of last resort for homeowners forced out of the traditional market by insurance company nonrenewals, sought a 35% rate increase last week. Consumer Watchdog Executive Director Carmen Balber issued the following statement. "A...
In the last days of the legislative session, Uber leveraged its political power for a change in the uninsured motorist coverage it must buy under state law.
Now, if you are hit by an uninsured motorist while in an...
