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Ventura County Star – Western grid proposal threatens an Enron-like crisis

By Tom Elias, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/03/13/western-grid-proposal-threatens-an-enron-like-crisis/69999981007/ Almost everyone who lived through California’s 2000-2001 energy crisis remembers rolling brownouts and blackouts, plus thefts in the billions of dollars from California consumers...

The Los Angeles Times – Opinion: Who profits from Southern California’s high gas bills? The problem is we don’t know

By Jamie Court, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-03-13/natural-gas-price-socalgas The doubling and in some cases quadrupling of Southern Californians' natural gas bills in recent months stemmed from rapid price spikes in the so-called spot...

KNBC – Los Angeles, CA; Spike In Natural Gas Prices

Jamie Court discusses spike In natural Gas prices

1st Quarter Approvals For Higher Risk Oil Extraction Up Sharply While Industry Forgoes Using Nearly Two Thirds Of Permits Granted In Last Two Years,...

Los Angeles, CA—Permit approvals for drilling new Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) wells using higher risk steam injection techniques jumped up 59% in the first quarter of 2022 though California...

Lara and Levine Spar Over Fossil Fuel Disclosures

By Colby Bermel, POLITICO PRO  April 18, 2022 https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2022/04/lara-and-levine-spar-over-fossil-fuel-disclosures-00026099?source=email A new fossil fuel investments disclosure tool unveiled Monday by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara won out over a competing legislative proposal from his...

Recycling Fraud Costing Californians Up To $200 Million Annually, Report Says

Consumer Watchdog supports a California bill that would make producers responsible for the materials' entire life cycle. By Kevin Smith, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS January 6, 2022 https://www.dailynews.com/2022/01/06/recycling-fraud-costs-california-consumers-200-million-annually-report-says/ California’s recycling system is rampant...

Fraud In Bottle Deposit System Out Of Control; Costing Consumers Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Annually, Consumer Watchdog Reveals

Los Angeles, CA---Recycling scams are costing California consumers potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in nickel and dime deposits stolen through fraudulent bottle and can refunds, Consumer Watchdog said...

Watchdog Says California’s Recycling System Is Sorely Lacking, Despite 7 New Recycling Laws Going Into Effect In 2022

By Staff Reporters, KPFA Radio 94.1FM, SF Bay Area, CA December 30, 2021 Listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment here: https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RECYCLING-QA.mp3  

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