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By Will McCarthy and CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/07/07/californias-great-climate-retreat-00441867 Wildfires are heating up the property insurance fight — and it’s boiling over…
Jul 8, 2025By JEREMY B. WHITE and CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/07/democrats-climate-retreat-california-energy-00439882 SACRAMENTO, California — Donald Trump is coming for California’s signature climate policies — and so…
Jul 7, 2025
By Rob Nikolewski, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE In the wake of plans by two refineries to close down, the California Energy Commission…
Jun 30, 2025By Shariq Khan, REUTERS https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/california-should-support-fuel-imports-find-ways-retain-refiners-regulator-says-2025-06-27 NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) – California’s energy regulator on Friday recommended new rules to encourage more…
Jun 30, 2025By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/06/30/how-enviros-lost-ceqa-00434609 INSURANCE INSULT: Former Insurance Commissioner and current Rep. John Garamendi had some words for Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s handling of…
Jun 30, 2025By Blacki Migliozzi, Rukmini Callimachi and K.K. Rebecca Lai, NEW YORK TIMES https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/realestate/los-angeles-fires-toxic-homes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare At first, the families whose homes were left standing thought they were the…
Jun 24, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-06-12/state-regulators-launch-inquiry-into-state-farms-handling-of-fire-claims-la-widlfires State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Thursday that his department is launching a formal inquiry into…
Jun 12, 2025By Stephanie Sierra, ABC7 https://abc7news.com/post/senate-bill-540-ca-state-senator-josh-becker-refuses-answer-questions-energy-donations-100k-advisor-gig/16718061 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — As California faces worsening climate disasters, Silicon Valley Democrats are pushing a bill that…
Jun 11, 2025By Ivan Penn, NEW YORK TIMES www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/business/energy-environment/ For decades, a little-known nonprofit organization has played a central role in keeping the lights…
Jun 10, 2025By Grant Stringer, MERCURY NEWS After falling short last year, lawmakers in the state Senate are advancing bills intended to give customers…
Jun 9, 2025By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/7/2326553/-CA-Senate-Votes-for-Regional-Electricity-Deregulation-Bill-Despite-Concerns-About-Trump You know when a MAGA Republican Senator calls a piece of controversial energy legislation a “Big Beautiful Bill”…
Jun 9, 2025Chevron, state’s largest oil refiner, directly linked to major client of author who wrote study predicting rise to $8 a gallon By THOMAS…
Jun 6, 2025By Rob Nikolewski, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE For decades, gasoline in California has been more expensive than in other parts of the…
May 26, 2025By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-insurance-rates-20335120.php# State Farm’s rates for homeowners (opens in new tab) are set to rise 17% starting…
May 26, 2025The company is asking for an additional 11% on top of a 17% rate increase after the Los Angeles fires By Ethan…
May 21, 2025By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/state-farm-insurance-rates-20335755.php A week after securing approval to raise home insurance rates by an average of…
May 21, 2025By Thomas Elias, ENTERPRISE RECORD Academics have known for many years the potential for conflicts of interest when they conduct studies or…
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