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BY WES VENTEICHER, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/03/california-bill-targets-low-production-wells-in-3-200-foot-setback-zone-00147809 SACRAMENTO, California — A new proposal in the California State Assembly would impose a $10,000-per-day fine on oil…
Mar 20, 2024
By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO SACRAMENTO, California — Oil and business groups urged the California Energy Commission on Monday to delay imposing new…
Mar 19, 2024
The deal would place 40 percent of California’s idle wells in the hands of one operator. Campaigners warn this poses an “immense”…
Mar 18, 2024
By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-insurance-wildfire-risk-19021575.php A newly proposed regulation aims to draw insurers back to the state by allowing them to anticipate…
Mar 18, 2024
By The Times Editorial Board, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-03-18/editorial-whats-behind-californias-high-gas-prices-dont-trust-the-oil-industry-for-answers If you live in California you’ve probably run across ads blaming high gasoline…
Mar 18, 2024
By Anne Mulkern, E&E NEWS Oil industry allies in California are filling television and computer screens statewide with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign…
Mar 18, 2024
By Wes Venteicher, Politico California Climate PRESSURE AT THE PUMP: A group of environmental and consumer groups is pressuring the California Energy Commission…
Mar 15, 2024
By John Woolfolk, THE MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/14/commissioner-unveils-plan-for-home-insurers-to-base-rate-hikes-on-catastrophe-prediction-models/amp In an effort to staunch the exodus of home insurers fleeing the state, California Insurance…
Mar 15, 2024
By Ruben Vives, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-15/californias-home-insurer-of-last-resort-sees-enrollment-surge-raising-concerns-over-its-finances#:~:text=Roach%20said%20the%20Fair%20Plan,was%20%2450%20billion%20in%202018. With home insurers scaling back coverage in the state, enrollment is surging in California’s backstop…
Mar 15, 2024
By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO With help from Blanca Begert, Alex Nieves and Hannah Northey https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/03/14/ricardo-lara-is-playing-with-fire-00147237 BURNING PLAN: Climate-change-fueled wildfires have scared insurance…
Mar 15, 2024
By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2024-03-14/gomez-withdraws-his-lawsuit-against-san-diego-attorneys-group-he-once-led SAN DIEGO — John Gomez, the firebrand San Diego litigator known locally through several high-profile…
Mar 14, 2024
By Tom Kisken, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/health/2024/03/08/ventura-county-hospital-violations-2023/72635858007 State regulators received more complaints, found more violations and assessed more fines at Los Robles…
Mar 8, 2024
Consumer advocates had raised concerns the fund wouldn’t have enough money to cover greater recycling rates and upcoming reforms. By Camille Von…
Feb 29, 2024
By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2024/02/big-oil-pumped-254-million-into.html Big Oil spent more money on lobbying in California in 2023 than any other year on record…
Feb 26, 2024
By Anne Mulkern, E&E NEWS California gasoline pump prices could jump by as much as 47 cents per gallon next year under…
Feb 26, 2024
By Cameron Kiszla, YAHOO! NEWS https://news.yahoo.com/more-could-become-public-years-152841449.html As Election Day grows ever closer, one candidate for Congress is facing the possibility of new…
Feb 22, 2024
Consumer Watchdog and the LA Times filed a request to unseal the documents to see if former city attorney Mike Feuer might…
Feb 22, 2024