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 UPFRONT – KPFA 94.1FM Berkeley, CA September 9, 2020 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio news broadcast: https://kpfa.org/episode/upfront-september-9-2020/…
Sep 9, 2020
Los Angeles, CA — As COVID-19 cases shattered California daily records in the second quarter of 2020, oil regulators under Gov. Newsom…
Sep 2, 2020
Los Angeles, CA— The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog called on Governor Gavin Newsom not to give retailers another exemption from their duty to…
Aug 18, 2020
Los Angeles, CA — Oil and gas regulators at the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) no longer hold oil stocks or…
Jul 16, 2020
Los Angeles, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom gave supermarkets and other dealers of beverages carrying a five or ten cent deposit another…
Jun 23, 2020
Los Angeles, CA — The first definitive study showing perinatal harm from oil production in California to pregnant mothers proves that the state…
Jun 4, 2020
Los Angeles, CA—As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded, new oil well permits under Gov. Gavin Newsom rose 7.8% in the first quarter of…
May 7, 2020
By Dan Bacher, SF INDYBAY April 20, 2020 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832539.php “It just doesn’t make any sense to approve fracking permits in the state…
Apr 20, 2020
Los Angeles, CA—The total number of oil and gas well permits issued in 2019 under the Newsom Administration rivals the number issued…
Feb 18, 2020
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog hailed the imminent departure of the Department of Conservation’s Chief Deputy Director, widely seen as an…
Feb 3, 2020
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court said in testimony today before the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on bottle deposit…
Jan 15, 2020
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Jan 7, 2020
Says Big Win For Consumers Must Be Followed With Continued Enforcement Los Angeles, CA — After years of paltry enforcement of California’s…
Dec 9, 2019
Los Angeles, CA—Since mid-July, state regulators have not issued a new permit for fracking or acidizing in California and have slowed the…
Nov 18, 2019
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog said the closure of the largest operator of bottle redemption centers in the state, rePlanet, today…
Aug 5, 2019Letter to the Editor by Liza Tucker July 18, 2019 https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-newsom-put-us-first/article_ddb401d2-a824-11e9-b945-d34e7e54b689.html The governor’s dismissal of the state’s top oil regulator was no…
Jul 18, 2019
Los Angeles, CA—Consumer Watchdog has asked the Newsom Administration to avert the closure of more recycling centers that redeem empty glass, aluminum,…
May 30, 2019
Update 4/24/19 5 PM: Senator Stern agreed to amend his legislation to remove more exemptions from recycling for grocery stores in response…
Apr 23, 2019
