KERO-BFL (ABC) – Bakersfield, CA; Oil Drilling Near Homes Can Cause Health and Safety Concerns
Liza Tucker says despite the senate bill 1137 being put on hold, she believes the state's geologic energy management division can still…
Apr 22, 2023Liza Tucker is a Consumer Advocate for Consumer Watchdog, following everything from California’s regulation of oil and gas to toxic substances.
Prior to joining Consumer Watchdog, she worked for a decade at Marketplace Radio, the largest, most-listened-to business and economics broadcast show in the U.S. airing on hundreds of public radio stations nationwide. She served as an editor and producer for both Washington and Sustainability news.
Prior to that, Liza worked as a staff writer for the Washington Post and freelanced her way through the fall of the Soviet Union for the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and Time Magazine. She has also worked as a consultant, teacher, and translator from Russian to English. She holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.F.A. from Columbia School of the Arts. She lives in Los Angeles.
Liza Tucker says despite the senate bill 1137 being put on hold, she believes the state's geologic energy management division can still…
Apr 22, 2023Consumer Watchdog's Energy Advocate, Liza Tucker, explains how Boeing's Santa Susana field lab just northeast of Los Angeles poses potential health risks…
Apr 20, 2023Los Angeles, CA— Consumer Watchdog released a report today outlining what CalRecycle, the state’s recycling regulator, should do beginning at its public…
Apr 19, 2023After decades of consumer and media criticism of California’s failed bottle deposit return program, Governor Newsom and the California Legislature last year…
Apr 19, 2023In an appeal before the Court of Appeal in Sacramento to be heard on Monday, the Newsom Administration will be challenged over…
Apr 13, 2023The total number of oil drilling permits approved since Governor Gavin Newsom he took office reached nearly 15,000 in the first quarter…
Apr 12, 2023Top executives and insiders at California’s big five oil refiners cashed out $590 million in stock in 2022, according to a review…
Mar 15, 2023Los Angeles, CA—PBF Energy today posted an annual profit of $2.9 billion. The five refiners controlling California’s gasoline market — PBF Energy, Chevron,…
Feb 16, 2023Los Angeles, CA—Marathon Petroleum made 75 cents in profit per gallon off West Coast drivers in 2022, virtually doubling what it made…
Feb 3, 2023Los Angeles, CA—Valero raked in $11.5 billion in 2022 profits, beating its $930 million for the previous year by a dozen times.…
Jan 26, 2023Los Angeles, CA—80 environmental and public health advocacy groups have sent a letter of support to Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), author of…
Jan 20, 2023Los Angeles, CA—The state Oil & Gas Supervisor at the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) has been relieved of his job…
Jan 18, 2023? Los Angeles, CA— A review of California’s five big oil refiners’ investor reports from the second quarter shows unprecedented, windfall profits that…
Dec 1, 2022Los Angeles, CA—As a ban on permit approvals for oil drilling near vulnerable communities looms on January 1, oil drillers seeking to…
Nov 17, 2022With California’s five big oil refiner third quarter profits reports complete, a Consumer Watchdog review shows that four of the five together…
Nov 3, 2022Los Angeles, CA—Oil refiner Phillips 66 posted 3rd quarter refining profits of $2.8 billion, accounting for more than half of its total quarterly…
Nov 1, 2022Los Angeles, CA—Chevron posted refining profits of $2.5 billion dollars in the third quarter, almost doubling their haul from the same quarter…
Oct 28, 2022Los Angeles, CA— California’s third biggest oil refiner made a whopping $2.26 billion off refining gasoline, tripling its profit in the third…
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