Cleaner/Cheaper Energy Archives

Waste Haulers Are Driving California’s Bottle Deposit System Failure, New Report Reveals, As Lawmakers Consider System Run By Beverage Industry

Liza Tucker May 26, 2021

Los Angeles, CA— A muckraking report on the reasons for the failure of California’s bottle deposit system, which currently has a 57% redemption rate, puts...

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Undercover Video Shows Consumers Not Being Reimbursed For Recycling Bottles, Cans

Consumer Watchdog May 26, 2021

By CBSLA Staff, KCBS TV-2 LA May 26, 2021 https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/05/26/bottles-cans-recycling-crv/ LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Consumers in California pay five or ten cent deposits for almost every...

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Energy

Undercover Video Shows West LA Senior Citizen Illegally Refused Bottle and Can CRV Deposit By Grocers Due To “Covid,” Stockpiles Thousands of Cans

Liza Tucker May 25, 2021

Los Angeles, CA — Nancy Hannickel, 75, a long-time resident of West Los Angeles, has bags of thousands of bottles and cans in her yard...

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Energy

KTTV FOX TV-11 LA: CA Gas Prices $1 More Than Rest of U.S

Mark Reback May 24, 2021

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Energy

KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA: SB 38 Would Fix California’s Broken Bottle and Can Recycling System

Mark Reback May 24, 2021

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Energy

KNBC TV-4 LA: Most California Grocery Stores Won’t Redeem Bottles and Cans

Mark Reback May 24, 2021

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Energy

KTTV FOX TV-11 LA: Gas Prices Continue To Rise In California Due To Fear Of Shortages

Greer Levin May 13, 2021

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Energy

Consumer Watchdog Applauds Fracking Ban, Calls For More Steps As First Quarter 2021 Oil Permit Approvals Plunge

Liza Tucker April 23, 2021

Los Angeles, CA — Governor Newson’s ban on fracking in 2024 is a step in the right direction, and with the number of permit approvals...

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Energy

KHOU TV-11 Houston, TX: Texas Utilities Have No Incentive To Keep Things Running

Mark Reback February 23, 2021

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‘I Can’t Afford This’ | Variable Rate Electricity Customers In Disbelief At Massive Power Bills After Winter Storm

Consumer Watchdog February 23, 2021

“I was saving money with (the) variable rate, but after this, in case this happens again in the future, I’m sticking with the fixed rate.”...

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DWP Customer At Center Of Billing Scandal Files New Lawsuit Against City

Consumer Watchdog January 22, 2021

By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES January 22, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-22/la-dwp-billing-scandal-victim-targets-feuer-with-new-suit The Van Nuys man whose lawsuit over a massive Los Angeles Department of Water and...

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Energy

Newsom Administration Doubles New Oil And Gas Production Well Permits, Misses Deadline for Drilling Setback Rule

Liza Tucker January 19, 2021

Los Angeles, CA — California oil regulators more than doubled the dispensing of permits in 2020 to drill new oil and gas production wells, issuing...

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