Aliso Canyon

Capitol Watchdog: Upcoming Meetings to Watch

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Fri, 02/19/2016 - 12:24

Aliso Canyon will be front and center at an Assembly Utilities and Commerce hearing today. Sen. Fran Pavley's bill, SB 380, would require state officials to immediately institute a moratorium on injections of natural gas into any wells located within and serving the Aliso Canyon storage facility.

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Capitol Watchdog: Upcoming Meetings to Watch

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Fri, 02/12/2016 - 16:23

Aliso Canyon will be front and center at an Assembly Utilities and Commerce hearing. Sen. Fran Pavley's bill, SB 380, would require state officials to immediately institute a moratorium on injections of natural gas into any wells located within and serving the Aliso Canyon storage facility.

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Demanding a Public Probe Into Porter Ranch Blowout

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 02/08/2016 - 16:16
The largest methane gas leak in California history began more than three months ago and has driven residents with nosebleeds, vomiting, rashes, and dizziness out of 5,000 homes. Shouldn't we know why, how and who caused the mess by now? 
 

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Don't Blow Up The CPUC, Overhaul It

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 16:40
Assemblyman Mike Gatto unveiled a big idea -- blow up the CPUC before anything else in our shoddy utility infrastructure goes Boom. In a nutshell, he wants to put a constitutional amendment on the 2016 ballot to “reconstitute” the PUC, i.e. blow it to smithereens by repealing its mandate and authority.
 

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Special Report: Will The Leak At Porter Ranch & PUC-Gate Ruin Brown’s Legacy?

Submitted by Jamie Court on Thu, 01/21/2016 - 19:06

Does Jerry Brown see that the stink from the growing natural gas leak in Aliso Canyon and other utility scandals could also be the cloud that tarnishes his legacy after four terms of having voters’ favor?

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