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By Debra Kahn, POLITICO PRO May 2, 2019 Several oil groups are ramping up their spending this year in California, including a…
May 2, 2019
By Ivan Penn, THE NEW YORK TIMES May 2, 2019 LOS ANGELES — The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation…
May 2, 2019
By Kevin Koeninger, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE May 1, 2019 Specialty Status of HIV Medications Debated at Sixth Circuit CINCINNATI (CN) – An…
May 1, 2019
By Dan Bacher, RED GREEN & BLUE April 27, 2019 How big oil dominates the public discourse to manipulate and deceive On…
Apr 27, 2019
By Sharon McNary, KPCC 89.3 FM SOCAL PUBLIC RADIO April 26, 2019 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio…
Apr 26, 2019
By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS AMERICA April 25, 2019 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/ca-insurance-commissioner-rejects-petition-to-have-insurers-disclose-fossil-fuel-business-165699.aspx California insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara recently rejected a petition from over 60…
Apr 25, 2019
By Steve Scauzillo, THE DAILY NEWS OF LOS ANGELES April 24, 2019 66% of stores — names you know — refused to…
Apr 24, 2019
By Chris Seekings, THE ACTUARY April 24, 2019 https://www.theactuary.com/news/2019/04/californian-insurance-commissioner-refuses-to-mandate-climate-risk-disclosures/ In his denial of the petition, Lara explained how climate-related financial disclosures only…
Apr 24, 2019
By Jessie Gomez, MUCKROCK April 23, 2019 https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2019/apr/23/california-ab-700/ Following sweeping changes to access to police records, California legislators remain focused on reforming…
Apr 23, 2019
By Jamie Yuccas, CBS EVENING NEWS April 23, 2019 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-prices-continue-climbing-across-us-2019-04-23/ Los Angeles — For eight straight weeks, gas prices are climbing across…
Apr 23, 2019
By David Lazarus, LOS ANGELES TIMES April 19, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-cfpb-kraninger-takes-consumers-to-school-20190419-story.html After becoming head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a job…
Apr 19, 2019
By Staff Reporters, CLIMATEWIRE April 17, 2019 Massive wildfires in California are triggering insurance rate hikes and policy cancellations, according to a…
Apr 17, 2019
By Ken Harrison, SAN DIEGO READER April 16, 2019 https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/apr/16/stringers-cheapest-san-diego-county-gas-pauma/# Just as reported in the Reader’s February 11 article, the expected raise…
Apr 16, 2019
By Dan Morain, CALMATTERS April 15, 2019 Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting pushback by lawmakers on some proposals. Let the wildfire negotiations…
Apr 15, 2019
By Vicki Gonzalez, KCRA NBC TV-3, SACRAMENTO, CA April 15, 2019 https://www.kcra.com/article/cars-operated-from-100-miles-away-drive-on-sacramento-roads/27157125 SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (KCRA) — Sacramento is taking another step toward…
Apr 15, 2019
By Mark Chediak, Romy Varghese & Michael B. Marois, BLOOMBERG April 12, 2019 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-12/california-s-newsom-signals-pg-e-edison-will-get-wildfire-help Utility giant PG&E Corp. capped its best day…
Apr 12, 2019
By George Avalos, THE MERCURY NEWS April 12, 2019 Governor releases wildfire and PG&E plan that could raise monthly power bills New…
Apr 12, 2019
By J.D. Morris and Alexei Koseff, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE April 12, 2019 https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Wildfires-climate-change-and-PG-E-Newsom-s-13763121.php Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday challenged the Legislature…
Apr 12, 2019