Tag: climate change
Public Interest Groups Seek Nation’s First Rule Mandating Insurance Companies Disclose the Fossil Fuel Projects They Insure
Los Angeles, CA — More than 60 environmental, consumer and social justice organizations petitioned California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today seeking first in the nation emergency...
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How California’s New Governor Can Become A Climate Change Warrior
Governor Jerry Brown fancied himself a climate change warrior and so does Governor Elect Gavin Newsom. But if Newsom really wants to do something to...
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Environmental Activists Call on Insurance Companies to Divest from Fossil Fuel Projects
Insurance For Fossil-Fuel Projects But Not Homeowners
This oped was published in the San Francisco Chronicle on October 5, 2018 https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Insurance-for-fos… What if hospitals sold crack, doctors offered cigarettes in their...
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NBC Bay Area Interviews Jamie Court on Oil and Money in Politics
Fox News: Consumer Watchdog Calls Hypocrisy; Says Jerry Brown Needs to Walk the Walk on Climate Policy
Protestors Disrupt Jerry Brown’s Climate Summit, Decrying His Lack of Climate Action
Consumer Watchdog To Insurance Companies: Stop Underwriting Fossil Fuel Projects That Exacerbate Fires And Hurricanes
San Francisco, CA – The nonprofit consumer group responsible for the most effective regulation of the insurance industry in America said today it would be...
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TV Ad Of Youngster Schooling Gov. Brown For Being “Being Cruel And Heartless” On Oil Drilling Hits San Francisco Airwaves
San Francisco, CA — A 30-second tv ad featuring a 9-year old girl admonishing Governor Brown for allowing oil drilling next to homes airs today...
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Consumer and Environmental Advocates Call On Gov. Brown to Stop California Energy Transfer to Trump
SACRAMENTO, CA — Environmental and consumer advocates today urged Governor Jerry Brown to resist the threat of a Trump takeover of the California electricity grid...
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