climate change

Oil and gas are costing us more than we thought

By Tom Elias, VENTURA COUNTY STAR August 2, 2022 https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/08/01/oil-and-gas-costing-us-even-more-than-we-thought/10188126002/ The idea that oil companies and gasoline refiners could gouge Californians - and other Americans to a lesser degree - by as...

Cost to Californians $10 Trillion by 2045 From Oil And Gas, Consumer Watchdog Reveals in New Report

By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS June 3, 2022 http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2022/06/cost-to-californians-10-trillion-by.html#.YppFQpICgmA.twitter Los Angeles, CA—A new report released today by Consumer Watchdog reveals that the true cost to the public of California’s oil and gas...

California Climate Insurance Disclosure Bill Stalls

PUBLIC CITIZEN AND CONSUMER WATCHDOG RELEASED THE FOLLOWING TODAY – The California Assembly Insurance Committee has declined to hold a hearing on a bill that would require insurance companies...

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Federal Insurance Office to Expose Financial, Climate Risks of Insurance Industry’s Fossil Fuel Underwriting After California Fails to Act

Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog joined 39 other public interest organizations in comments calling on the Federal Insurance Office to spotlight how the insurance industry contributes to climate change...

Should Homeowners Pay For Climate Change?

By Miranda Green, CALMATTERS June 30, 2021 https://calmatters.org/economy/2021/06/california-wildfire-insurance-climate-change/ In hard-hit Napa Valley, which has burned multiple times this last decade, successful winemakers and longtime residents are weighing their options to rebuild or...

California Insurance Commissioner’s Wildfire Working Group Embraces Insurance Industry Wish List at Expense of Consumers and Taxpayers

Los Angeles, CA -- A group convened by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to investigate insurance-related climate change solutions is recommending he let insurance companies insert secret models into ratemaking, a...

Oil Companies, Not Citizens, Must Fund California’s Climate Change Battle

By C.R. Mills, LA PROGRESSIVE December 7, 2020 https://www.laprogressive.com/climate-change-battle/ The state recently announced a $74 million dollar project to move a stretch of highway along the Sonoma County coast inland to avoid sea level...

California Insurance Commisioner Ricardo Lara Receives “D” Average on Report Card

table, th, tr, td { border: 2px solid black; } Los Angeles, CA – California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, who has approved $292 million in auto and homeowners’ insurance rate increases since being...

Consumer Watchdog Report Shows 66% of Grocery Stores Surveyed Refused to Recycle

Update 4/24/19 5 PM: Senator Stern agreed to amend his legislation to remove more exemptions from recycling for grocery stores in response to the survey.   Los Angeles, CA — Two...

Ricardo Lara Puts Brakes On California’s Climate Leadership

Los Angeles, CA — On Earth Day, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara chose “collaboration" with the insurance industry over urgent climate action. Commissioner Lara rejected a petition from 60...

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