A new investigative report by Consumer Watchdog explains the sudden reversal by electric worker and corporate lobbyist Scott Wetch to support a controversial energy bill SB...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
By Staff Writers, ASSOCIATED PRESS December 20, 2021 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2021-12-20/consumer-group-slams-delay-in-san-francisco-recycling-effort SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent advocacy group has labeled San Francisco “the poster child” of...
