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Capitol Watchdog: Meetings to Watch

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 12/07/2015 - 08:48

Mergers, civic engagement and campaign finance are on the schedule for this week. In addition, the Independent Review Panel for the Department of Toxic Substances Control will be having two meetings on reform. Wednesday's meeting may be especially contentious, considering environmental groups will be laying out internal problems with the DTSC that need to be fixed. 

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Capitol Watchdog: Meetings to Watch This Week

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 08:23

In this week's meeting, from Nov. 16 - 20, the state's insurance department will be hearing a dispute over a rate increase by State Farm that Consumer Watchdog believes is unfair and overcharging customers by more than $200 million. In addition, the Public Utilities Commission was expected to decide if the Southern California Edison should be financially penalized over alleged improper communications tied to the San Onofre Nuclear power plant decommissioning. 

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Big Oil’s Hysterical Attempt to Smear Air Resources Board

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 15:51

Hysterical over attempts this summer by lawmakers to combat climate change, Big Oil ominously described the state’s Air Resources Board as akin to the Galactic Imperial Senate in Star Wars, a villainous agency that would take over the world.

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Thursday Hot Meetings List: the PUC, CARB and Hearing on Possibly Remaking State Boards

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 10/21/2015 - 13:02
Could the membership of state boards lead to anti-trust lawsuits and put members in the legal crosshairs? That's what a 1 p.m. joint hearing will discuss on Thursday. 
 

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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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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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