By Judith Lewis Mernit, CAPITAL AND MAIN September 30, 2020 https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2020/09/29/california-gov-gavin-newsom-and-big-oil-its-complicated/3564007001/ It was early November 2018, and the boosters of Kern County were nervous. Gavin...
By Janet Wilson, THE DESERT SUN September 24, 2020 https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2020/09/23/newsom-aims-phase-out-new-hydraulic-fracking-permits-california-2024/3506908001/ Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday vowed to work with the state legislature to phase out...
By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS September 23, 2020 https://apnews.com/article/legislature-climate-hydraulic-fracturing-environment-california-f78ddd43fa0e7f10a49d3edf513f481d SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved Wednesday to end issuing new hydraulic fracturing...
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog and the FracTracker Alliance challenged the state’s Oil and Gas Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk “to be honest with the public about the data”...
By Jacqueline Alemany with Brent D. Griffiths, WASHINGTON POST September 15, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/15/power-up-california-may-be-burning-it-also-still-drilling-oil/ DRILL BABY DRILL?: Much of the ire over the fires raging across the Pacific Northwest...
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/ Starting at 1:08...
As the California Resources Corporation and other oil companies filed for bankruptcy and COVID-19 cases shattered California daily records in the second quarter of 2020, oil...
By Larry Perel, KCRW 89.9 FM Santa Monica, CA September 3, 2020 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio news segment: https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/CWD_OilPermits_RADKCRW_09-03-2020.mp3 In...
By Staff Reports, KCBS 740 AM San Francisco, CA September 3, 2020 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio news segment: https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/CWD_OilDrilling_RADKCBS_09-03-2020.mp3 California has...
Los Angeles, CA — As COVID-19 cases shattered California daily records in the second quarter of 2020, oil regulators under Gov. Newsom also shattered records...
