Energy
Campaign scofflaws fined – 3 1/2 years too late
Vail Drilling - an oil company and one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's largest donors - had to pay a $6,500 fine this week…
May 22, 2009Consumer Watchdog
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Current Stem Cell Lines May Lose U.S. Federal Funding
The NIH regulations, applicable to all stem cell lines, are stricter than those that are currently in place. The 20 federally funded,…
May 22, 2009
Energy
Pump Prices Jump In State Oil Grows Costlier — Traders Betting On Further Rise
Judy Dugan, researcher with Consumer Watchdog, said energy prices shouldn't be going up, no matter if people are hopeful or if it's…
May 22, 2009
Insurance
San Jose Assemblyman Reaps Campaign Cash As Insurance Committee Chair
"He hasn't done anything resembling oversight of the insurance industry," said Consumer Watchdog's executive director, Douglas Heller. "And the few times that…
May 22, 2009‘Optimism’ Is Driving Energy Prices, Consumers Will Suffer The Memorial Day Hangover, Says Consumer Watchdog
Oil, Gas Prices Rising Again At Record Clip For Holiday, Despite Oversupply, Low Demand, Says Group Washington DC -- The price…
May 22, 2009
Privacy
Google University of Michigan Sign Digital Library Oversight Agreement
Google attracted more negative attention than perhaps it bargained for with its goal to digitize the world's libraries. In April 2009, a…
May 21, 2009
Insurance
DC Dispatch: Baucus ducks public questions about real health reform, again
Senator Max Baucus ran from questions this morning about why he refuses to hear arguments for removing the profit and greed of…
May 21, 2009
Privacy
Give Google your data or die
Believe it or not, Google's co-founder Larry Page says that the Internet giant needs to retain your search data more than six…
May 21, 2009
Insurance
Is credit card reform real?
I spent a half hour on Larry Mantle's popular Los Angeles Air Talk Show this morning going through the pro's and con's…
May 20, 2009Rarely Used Closed Doors Slammed Again In U.S. Senate Health Care Reform
Sen. Max Baucus Must Publicly Answer 10 Questions About Mandatory Purchase of Health Insurance Washington D.C. -- For the second time in…
May 20, 2009New Federal Stem Cell Rules Would Hinder Existing Research, Consumer Group Warns
NIH Should Fix Standards To Allow Use Of Current Stem Cell Lines Santa Monica, CA -- Regulations governing stem cell research proposed…
May 20, 2009
Insurance
What Obama’s Support for Stem Cell Research Means for California
The president has lifted the Bush restrictions on embryonic stem cell on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research mean for the…
May 20, 2009
Insurance
Baucus At The Center Of Health Care Debate
Baucus may be too quick to compromise away the public part of that public-private combination. Insurance companies are already furiously lobbying against…
May 19, 2009
Healthcare
Baucus, Obama Say Single-Payer Not Achievable
HELENA, MT -- At a town hall meeting last Thursday in Rio Rancho, N.M., the first question directed to President Barack Obama…
May 19, 2009
Energy
Lower Gas Prices Expected to Fuel More Memorial Day Travel
"The fact that oil is over $50 per barrel, much less close to $60, doesn't make sense in a pure supply and…
May 19, 2009As President Obama Orders Tough Tailpipe Regulations, Consumer Group Offers ‘A’ to ‘F’ Solutions for Cleaner and Cheaper Transportation
Americans Want Green Solutions But Worry About Costs; Handbook Identifies Wasted Billions, Best Paths Washington, DC -- As President Obama announces new…
May 19, 2009
Privacy
Consumer Watchdog Litigation Team’s Summary of Tobacoo II Case Decision
In a 4-3 decision, the California Supreme Court today reversed a lower court ruling in a false advertising class action pending for…
May 19, 2009
Insurance
New Analysis By Our Legal Team On Tobacco II Case
The corporate attack on California consumer protection laws suffered a setback today. The California Supreme Court rejected the tobacco industry’s attempt to…
May 19, 2009