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.
By Ellen Snortland, DOWNTOWN LA NEWS https://www.ladowntownnews.com/opinion/consider_this/we-can-do-this-stop-throwing-your-money-away/article_134b9cde-e8a2-11ee-8e1e-4fcb4283fd76.html “Am I dreaming? Growing up, we used to take bottles and cans back to grocery…
Mar 25, 2024
After 40 years of coverage, Judy McDermott has had it with her home insurer, State Farm. In November of 2023, her annual…
Mar 1, 2024
Los Angeles, CA—Oil giant California Resources Corp’s purchase of Aera Energy for just half the price it fetched two years ago is…
Feb 7, 2024
Los Angeles, CA—California oil regulators issued 95% fewer permits to drill new wells and 25% fewer to fix or redrill existing wells…
Jan 30, 2024
Sacramento, CA— Consumer Watchdog called upon the Senate and Assembly budget chairs to investigate the Department of Finance’s understatement of available funds…
Jan 25, 2024
Los Angeles, CA — In a barrage of deceptive Facebook and television advertisements, oil drillers, masquerading as “Californians for Energy Independence,” are falsely…
Dec 19, 2023
*This press release has been updated: Valero posted 3rd Q profit on CA Gasoline Margins that are 56.5% greater than other regions, not…
Oct 26, 2023
Los Angeles, CA—The state’s oil and gas regulator CalGEM has gone rogue, approving hundreds of oil permits this year in vulnerable communities…
Oct 5, 2023
The Santa Susana Field Lab, nestled in the Simi Hills, is about an hour by car from downtown Los Angeles. It is the…
Aug 21, 2023By Staff Reporters, KCRW – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Aug 2, 2023
Supreme Court Action Needed To Protect Hundreds Of Thousands Of Californians From Harm Los Angeles, CA—Public interest groups filed amicus letters with…
Jul 18, 2023
Los Angeles, CA—The total number of oil drilling permits issued blew past 15,000 since Governor Newsom took office in 2019, while nearly…
Jul 13, 2023By Liza Tucker, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/06/bottle-recycling-overhaul-california-consumers/ Californians pay about $1.5 billion in recycling deposits every year on beverages from bottled water to beer. But…
Jun 28, 2023
Los Angeles, CA— Consumer Watchdog has called upon the Governor’s Department of Finance to strike a $500,000 allocation in the legislative-approved budget…
Jun 22, 2023
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, 2023
Consumer 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, 2023
After decades of consumer and media criticism of California’s failed bottle deposit return program, Governor Newsom and the California Legislature last year…
Apr 19, 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, 2023
