August 14, 2026
As the United States Supreme Court is set to decide a bellwether climate deception case in Suncor v. Boulder, Consumer Watchdog has documented the fossil fuel companies, billionaires and climate-denial…
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August 6, 2026
California's investor-owned, for-profit utilities are pursuing one of the largest corporate bailouts in California history — one that would shift billions of dollars in wildfire liability away from themselves for…
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July 20, 2026
As California’s largest oil producer, California Resources Corp. is the poster child for both the industry’s slow death as it runs out of oil, and dangerous reinvention as it pushes…
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May 22, 2026
•Uber has committed $10 billion to purchasing robotaxis, according to recent reporting from the Financial Times, as it has socked away $12 billion via a complex, dark money insurance structure…
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March 17, 2026
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Uber is simultaneously trying to weaken legal accountability while expanding autonomous vehicle deployment, despite unresolved safety and transparency concerns. This report highlights how Uber’s attack on legal protections…
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January 23, 2026
“A few months before the fire, I told him that I wanted the house to be insured to the max because I wanted to be able to sleep at night.…
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January 23, 2026
“The longer things went on, the more we realized that this is just not how this works at all, and that the companies they’re hiring don't really have our best…
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July 2, 2025
Table of Contents Introduction1 Don’t Rush: Test for Toxins Before Cleaning4 Know What Tests Miss9 Walk the Loss with the Insurance Adjuster10 Smoke Damage is Fire Damage12 Push Back on…
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April 17, 2025
For decades, the electrical worker union lobbyist Scott Wetch has been one of the most powerful figures in Sacramento, wielding wide influence over labor and energy policy, and making a…
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December 14, 2024
Consumers this holiday season are likely charged different prices for the same product without even knowing it by companies surveilling them,
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September 12, 2024
Consumer Watchdog broke down the opt out numbers of some of the biggest data brokers in the world: Experian, Acxiom and LiveRamp. Per the CCPA, data brokers operating in California…
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August 1, 2024
If I want to put a stop to this data sharing, I must navigate a confusing, seemingly endless labyrinth of privacy options obscured in legalese. I must choose separate1 "Facebook…
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