Energy
Mr. Koch, the Governor Is On the Line
The hilarity of the day: A journalist at a little online alternative magazine, the Buffalo Beast, made a cold call to Wisconsin…
Feb 24, 2011Judy Dugan
Articles by Judy Dugan
Insurance
Chevron Ecuador Judgment: A Long Way From Paid
An Ecuadorean judge's ruling Monday that Chevron owes $8.8 billion for oil-drilling damage and pollution in the Amazon is far less than…
Feb 15, 2011
Energy
1,500 People Against the Koch’s Dirty Money, Dirty Energy
(Rancho Mirage, CA) -- A year ago, it's unlikely that 15 people would have shown up for a rally against the Koch…
Jan 31, 2011
Insurance
Are You a Blue Shield Member? Demand a Member Meeting!
Blue Shield is thumbing its nose at California's top regulator, refusing to delay its horrific 59% premium increases, and its customers (hilariously…
Jan 18, 2011
Consumer Watchdog to Brown: Add Oil Extraction Tax to Budget
Santa Monica, CA -- In a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown Wednesday, Consumer Watchdog asked Brown to add a petroleum extraction tax…
Jan 12, 2011
Energy
Valero Uses Contract Workers for Easy Layoffs
We’ve been watching the refining company Valero since it spent $5 million last year attempting to kill California’s landmark global warming law…
Dec 30, 2010
Insurance
Is AHIP Having a Bernie Madoff Moment?
Massachusetts has the highest or near-highest health insurance premiums of any state in the nation and it's the only state that mandates…
Dec 22, 2010
Energy
Valero ‘Eve of Destruction’ Was a Big Fake
Oil refiner Valero, as it pumped $5 million into a California ballot proposition aimed at killing climate change regulation, warned that such…
Dec 14, 2010
Insurance
What BP’s Secrecy on Payout Deals Sacrifices
We've reported about what's wrong in the secrecy around BP's payments to Kenneth Feinberg and his law firm, which is doling out…
Dec 8, 2010
Insurance
BP’s Cost Chiselers Back in Action
Late last week, as the presidential oil spill commission’s co-chair and staff blamed BP’s cost-cutting and “failure of management” for the devastating spill…
Dec 7, 2010