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Billionaire Joins With Consumer Watchdog To Take On Big Oil In California

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 11:22

Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court talks with radio host Norman Goldman about Consumer Watchdog joining with NextGen Climate and billionaire Tom Steyer to demand action on the price gouging at the pump in CA by Big Oil.

http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/resources/podcast_8-...

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NextGen Climate Founder Tom Steyer Joins Consumer Watchdog In Call for Oil Company Accountability and Lays Out Initiative Framework

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:22

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Report: Inside Job: How Boeing Fixers Captured Regulators and Derailed a Nuclear and Chemical Clean in LA’s Backyard

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:22

This report analyzes the California Department of Toxic Substances Control response to environmental damage perpetrated by Boeing. Public Records Act requests provided information on how polluters came to dominate their regulators at the expense of the public.

http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/InsideJob.pdf

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Report: Golden State Gouge: The Summer of Record Refining Profits

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:22

This report analyzes the growing profits of California's major refiners in the second quarter of 2015, which saw a record price spike. In reviewing data from the California Energy Commission, researchers found that oil refiners were able to triple refiner margins the second week of July to a record $1.61 a gallon, representing the amount of money refiners receive for each gallon sold at the pump. The historical margin over the last fifteen years is 48 cents

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It's Good to be King

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Thu, 07/30/2015 - 15:14
It’s called “behesting.” An elephant-sized loophole in California’s campaign finance laws, behesting is campaign donors’ and lobbyists’ best way to curry favor with public officials without running into pesky gift bans or campaign contribution limits. Even the oblique name – a gift given at the “behest” of an elected official – keeps these unofficial contributions flowing under the radar.
 

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