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Three Weeks In Sacramento Could Change Everything

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 12:18

The future of the Earth, and California's dependence on Big Oil, could be determined in these last three weeks of the Legislative session.    

That’s one of the reasons we launched Capitol Watchdog, our project to pull back the curtain on corporate corruption in the Capitol. 

These are some of the questions that will be answered soon:

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Big Test for Big Oil

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Fri, 08/21/2015 - 15:35
Will the California Assembly act in the public interest or will the massive amounts of money spent by oil and gas producers win the day? 

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PUC Head Confirmed, Not Confronted

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 11:22

Examples mentioned, never followed up. Questions dangled, but never asked. And no one knows, still, where the money went. That's a short summary of Wednesay's relatively easy confirmation of Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission.

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Big Oil Is Gouging Californians

Submitted by Jamie Court on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 13:35

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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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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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