By Andrew Sheeler and Hannah Wiley, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL ALERT April 16, 2020 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article242030731.html Five dozen climate, health and environmental organizations have sent a...
By Dan Bacher, SF INDYBAY MEDIA April 11, 2020 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/11/18832287.php The issuing of new fracking permits took place less than two months after Consumer Watchdog...
By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS April 4, 2020 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-issues-first-new-fracking-permits-since-july/ar-BB129fzq SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California issued 24 hydraulic fracturing permits on Friday, authorizing the first new...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog hailed the imminent departure of the Department of Conservation’s Chief Deputy Director, widely seen as an impediment to environmental...
As Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Hiltzik lays out in his column today in the Los Angeles Times, the world’s biggest oil and gas companies have...
By Nick Green, THE DAILY BREEZE January 13, 2020 EPA announces $125,000 fine against Torrance refinery for safety violations The EPA has levied a $125,000...
By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS October 22, 2019 https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/10/22/california-gas-prices-governor-gavin-newsom-calls-investigation/4061696002/ SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s governor has asked the attorney general to investigate why the state’s...
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog said today that a new state report finding that major oil companies are overcharging their own stations in order...
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog today thanked Governor Gavin Newsom for firing the state’s top oil and gas supervisor and instituting an ethics review...