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Watchdog and Actual Wildfire Survivors Launch "Utilities Shareholders First" to Counter PG&E-Backed "Wildfire Victims First" -
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (25+ words) New coalition challenges utilities decision to pretend to be the people they've harmed Sacramento, CA " In response to PG&E's latest entry into what...
Politico - California Senate committee rejects climate liability, wildfire insurance proposals -
3+ week, 3+ day ago (293+ words) BY NICOLE NORMAN, CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO...
Wildfire Survivors, Consumer and Environmental Groups Slam State Report for Letting Utilities Off the Hook for Deadly Fires -
2+ week, 6+ day ago (133+ words) Twenty-three organizations warn CEA recommendations would reduce accountability, increase wildfire risk, and force the public to pay Los Angeles,...
The American Prospect - Aftermath: California Gas Prices Are Up, and It's Not Just the War -
2+ week, 4+ day ago (26+ words) By David Dayen, THE AMERICAN PROSPECT https: //prospect. org/2026/04/28/aftermath-california-gas-prices-are-up-not-just-the-war This story was first...
USA Today - Russian oil fuels California as prices climb -
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1080+ words) By Aaron Cant, Capital & Main https: //www. usatoday. com/story/money/2026/04/30/california-russian-oil-amid-iran-war/89819610007 In mid-March " as...
Assembly Kills Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits of Utility Wildfire Spending, Slap In Face to Wildfire Survivors As Utilities Seek Bailout Worth Billions -
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (213+ words) Sacramento, CA " The California Assembly Appropriations Committee failed to advance Assembly Bill 1774 (Boerner), which requires independent audits...
Trump May Do Us A Favor By Blocking One Of Newsom's Worst "Low Carbon" Solutions
6+ mon, 18+ hour ago (159+ words) Trump has called climate change "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world. His Department of Energy is acting accordingly by canceling lots of awards for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Direct Air Capture (DAC) projects purportedly removing…...
Now That California Resources Corp. Will Buy Rival Berry Corp. , It's Time for Newsom to Demand Full Bonding to Avoid Taxpayers Holding the Bag
8+ mon, 1+ day ago (205+ words) California regulators have not held the largest onshore oil producer in the state, California Resources Corp. , adequately financially responsible for the wells of'acquired companies'such as. .. California regulators have not held the largest onshore oil producer in the state, California Resources…...
In Wake of Few 3rd Q Drilling Permits, New Data Confirm California's Oil Production in Irreversible Decline
6+ mon, 10+ min ago (243+ words) Los Angeles, CA'Consumer Watchdog and Frac Tracker Alliance said today that the latest oil and gas data confirms a long-term, irreversible trend. California's oil production is in terminal decline, and no amount of new permitting will change this regardless of…...
KCBS-AM (Radio): The Iran War Is Sending Oil Prices Soaring
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (48+ words) By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM (Radio):" Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Help us fight for consumer rights Consumer Watchdog is a nationally recognized public interest group that has been fighting corrupt corporations and politicians…...