Liza Tucker is a consumer advocate for Consumer Watchdog, following everything from oil and gas to the regulation of toxic substances in the state of California. She comes to us from Marketplace, the largest U.S. broadcast show on business and economics heard by ten million listeners each week on 400 radio stations. Liza worked at this public radio show for a decade, first as Commentary Editor and then as Senior Editor for both Washington and Sustainability News.
Los Angeles, CA—Last year, permit approvals for drilling new wells continued falling, but in the first three weeks of January alone, California…
Feb 5, 2026
Gavin Newsom learned a lesson from Jerry Brown’s last year in office. He saw how Brown’s refusal to deal with the supply…
Dec 29, 2025
At a California Energy Commission meeting advocates expressed outrage at the oil industry’s stonewalling of reform
Dec 8, 2025
Los Angeles, CA–Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance said today that the latest oil and gas data confirms a long-term, irreversible trend. California’s…
Nov 18, 2025
Trump has called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” His Department of Energy is acting accordingly by canceling…
Nov 17, 2025
During the signing of the reauthorization bill for cap-and-trade this year, AB 1207 (Irwin), Governor Newsom claimed the bill would result in…
Oct 22, 2025
Los Angeles, CA—Consumer Watchdog is urging Governor Newsom to veto SB 614 (Stern), a bill that lifts a moratorium on the construction…
Sep 23, 2025
California regulators have not held the largest onshore oil producer in the state, California Resources Corp., adequately financially responsible for the wells…
Sep 17, 2025
Los Angeles, CA—Two oil and gas lobbyists are refusing to have included into two carbon pipeline bills legislative language creating a safe…
Sep 5, 2025
Los Angeles, CA — As lawmakers take up Cap-and-Trade for extension to 2045, they should reject any lobbyist pressure to include Carbon Capture…
Aug 19, 2025
Los Angeles, CA — No new drilling permits for oil and gas wells were approved in the second quarter of 2025, extending…
Jul 23, 2025Two bills are moving through the California legislature that would lift a state moratorium on building carbon dioxide pipelines. The 2022 moratorium…
Jul 15, 2025
Los Angeles, CA — State oil and gas regulators approved just three new drilling permits in the first quarter of 2025 compared…
May 8, 2025
Getting basic information about how insurers arrive at wildfire risk ratings that can send premiums to stratospheric levels has been impossible for…
Mar 3, 2025
Los Angeles, CA—While approvals for new oil well drilling permits in California dwindled to 73 in 2024–from 2,664 in 2019 when Governor…
Feb 5, 2025
Frank Egger’s home insurance story mirrors many others whose home insurance policies were non-renewed and who faced the CA FAIR Plan as…
Jan 8, 2025
Natalie is calling out home insurers for raising rates but not giving homeowners and their communities credit for the work they have…
Jan 7, 2025
FAIR Plan insurance premiums are rising so much that some people have made the hard choice to drop the wrap around policies…
Oct 16, 2024
