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Volkswagen Scandal Shows Why Big Oil Wanted to Gut Air Resources Board

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 09/23/2015 - 09:29

Big Oil wanted to gut the Air Resources Board during a major climate change legislative fight earlier this month, and this week, we had yet another glimpse of why.

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Waiting for Governor Jerry Brown to Sign Bills Protecting Californians

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Fri, 09/18/2015 - 11:52

The crowded hallways outside of the Legislature's chambers may now be empty but that doesn't mean the fervent lobbying to kill pending legislation is over. 

With more than 600 bills sitting at the governor's desk, we are keeping an eye on bills that protect privacy, healthcare, elections, consumer rights and the environment. Below are some of the bills we are watching:  

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ExxonMobil Ignores Subpoenas. What Are They Hiding?

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Thu, 09/17/2015 - 09:34
It’s business as usual when it comes to refineries blocking investigations into accidents that touch off explosions and fires and that sometimes kill workers and bystanders. And now, ExxonMobil is refusing to respond to subpoenas from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.
 

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Dying Days of California Legislature, Best and Worst of Government

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 11:51
Want to make a crowded Capitol hallway nervous? Turn on a video camera. 
 
That's what we did in Sacramento over the last days of the California legislative session. We wanted to see what the dying days were like, and we found out: It's ugly. We watched bills appear, disappear or simply stall, lawmakers meeting with lobbyists, and lobbyists wanting to fight each other

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It's The Oil Industry, Stupid, But Is It Mail Fraud?

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Thu, 09/10/2015 - 16:01

The mailer that landed in thousands of Angelenos’ mailboxes earlier this week slamming California’s signature legislation to slash petroleum use in cars and trucks in half by 2030 was sent by a grassrootsie-sounding group called the California Drivers Alliance.

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