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Will Big Oil Money Continue to Trump Public Interest in Legislature?

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 13:35
As news that California allowed thousands of oil and fracking wells to dump waste water into protected underground aquifers surfaced, legislation to prevent such environmental disasters wound its way to a floor vote in both houses of the Legislature.  
 

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Rewriting California's Toxic History

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Thu, 08/13/2015 - 12:22
Trying to rewrite history seems to be a habit for the state’s toxics regulators.
 
In November 2014, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) briefly posted a document on its website that questioned if a partial nuclear meltdown happened at the Santa Susana Field Lab in 1959 despite overwhelming proof acknowledged by DTSC, the legislature, and the courts, that it did. The information was quickly removed. 

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CA Medical Board: Patient or Physician Protection?

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Tue, 08/11/2015 - 16:48

A Sonora family doctor arrested in July for overprescribing controlled substances is now accused of working “so high on narcotics” that she would nod off during appointments and pass out in the office, according to the Union Democrat.

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Will CA Medical Board Protect Patients, or Drugged Up Doctors?

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Tue, 08/11/2015 - 16:48

Should doctors with drug problems get to keep it secret from their patients?

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Where's Jerry? Ralph Nader Wants to Know

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Fri, 08/07/2015 - 18:01

Annette Ramirez is a fighter. She’s had to be, ever since a doctor’s error during surgery cost her two years of her life and all four of her limbs.

Yet, when she went to hold the negligent health care providers responsible, she learned that a 40-year-old law says her lifetime of pain and suffering, the loss of two years of her kids’ lives, and everything she will never do again is worth no more than $250,000 in court.

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As Investigations Grow, California Senate Considers Top Utilities Regulator Confirmation

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

Stonewalling legislators when you have to be confirmed by their colleagues is usually not a good idea but that is the approach Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, appears to be taking. 

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