Chevron Counts on Jigsaw Puzzle of Safety Regulation to Escape Oversight,...
Explosion, Fire at Aged Richmond Refinery Raises Questions About ‘Culture of Safety’ at Chevron, Lack of Unified Oversight By Regulators Santa Monica, CA — Monday night’s explosion and hours-long fire...
View ArticleConsumer Groups Win Preliminary Injunction Against Toxics Regulator Over...
SANTA MONICA, CA –The Sacramento Superior Court granted a motion for preliminary injunction against the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) pending final outcome of a lawsuit filed by...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Requests Radiological Inspection at Hunter’s Point Naval...
Santa Monica, CA—Consumer Watchdog has called for a state investigation of the cleanup of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco for large amounts of soil that may have been dug up in a...
View ArticleToxics Regulators Doctor Results of Investigation To Avoid Admitting Wildomar...
Santa Monica, CA— A new report released today by leading environmental advocate Penny Newman and residents of the poisoned Wildomar community shows that state toxics regulators doctored data in a...
View ArticleTop Toxics Regulator Resigns in Sign of Possible Reform
SANTA MONICA, CA –Today’s resignation of Debbie Raphael, Director of the Department of Toxic Substances Control, is a hopeful sign that the Brown Administration will finally clean up a deeply troubled...
View ArticleNew Report Exposes Boeing Influence Peddling That Derailed Cleanup of a...
Group Calls On Governor To Appoint Director From Outside CALEPA To Run Toxics Department SANTA MONICA, CA – A new report released by Consumer Watchdog today documents how Boeing and its influential...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Report Calls On California Officials To Watch For Oil...
Oakland, CA – The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog released a report chronicling the tactics California oil companies are likely to use to undermine implementation of climate protection laws and warned...
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California Officials Ready to Spank Oil Companies
I have been watching oil companies get away with price gouging for so many years that it was refreshing to see California’s top political leaders let the oil companies know that they’re going to be on...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Report Shows Keystone XL Will Raise American Gas Prices
Santa Monica, CA — Following a Nebraska court’s ruling that the Keystone XL pipeline can be built, the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog said the issue should be moot for the Obama administration, the...
View ArticleSacramento Judge Rejects Boeing’s Bid to Demolish and Dispose of Radioactive...
CEQA Case Against Top Toxics Regulators Brought by Public Interest Groups Over Santa Susana Field Lab To Go To Trial Santa Monica, CA — Sacramento Superior Court has denied Boeing’s motion for summary...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Calls for Defunding or Major Reform of Top Toxics Regulator...
Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog today asked Governor Jerry Brown and top lawmakers to defund the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) or reform it from top to bottom, in the wake of the...
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Consumer Watchdog Reports Gas Price Spike Costs Californians Record $1.2...
Santa Monica, CA — California has broken all records for the biggest gap between what consumers here have paid so far versus the rest of the nation for gas at the pump, Consumer Watchdog said today....
View ArticleTesoro Reports Record California Profits After California Price Spike
Santa Monica, CA — Analysis of Tesoro’s earnings released today showed that the company made more California refining profit in the second quarter than ever in the company’s history. Based on the...
View ArticleTesoro Reports Record California Profits After California Price Spike
Santa Monica, CA — Tesoro, the state’s second largest refiner, reported today that 2015 was its best year ever for refining in California. Based on an analysis of the company’s annual filing, Consumer...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Calls For Sunlight On Big Oil Refiners To Avert CA Gasoline...
Sacramento, CA — Consumer Watchdog told a state panel looking into gasoline price manipulation today that a handful of big oil refiners have been able to charge California drivers 70 cents to $1 more...
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