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CA Head of Oil and Gas Division Resigning; Clueless About Brown Mapgate

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 11/30/2015 - 16:55

The head of the state's oil and gas oversight agency is leaving, and he still doesn't understand why Gov. Jerry Brown shouldn't have used state workers for private business. 

Oil & Gas Supervisor Steve Bohlen at California’s Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) is resigning and returning to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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California: The Oil Industry's Golden Goose

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Fri, 11/20/2015 - 10:13

2015 may be remembered as the year that refiners swindled Californians at the pump and bamboozled lawmakers in the Capitol – and got away with it.   

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Los Angeles County Non-Profit Fronts for Big Oil

Submitted by Cody Rosenfield on Tue, 11/17/2015 - 11:03
Big Oil has a long track record of using front groups to protect its interests and mislead Californians. But who would have guessed that a non-profit group created by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors would be one of them? 
 

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Will Jerry Brown Apologize for Using State Workers for Personal Business?

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 11/12/2015 - 14:05
Amid ongoing media scrutiny of Gov. Jerry Brown for using state workers to search for oil on his own private land, he and his staff continue to claim that he received no special treatment. That's untrue, and instead of being tone-deaf to the growing consensus, he should acknowledge his mistake and apologize. 

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This Lap DOGGR Don't Hunt

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Thu, 11/05/2015 - 13:11
Governor Jerry Brown makes himself out to be a Knight in Shining Armor battling Big Oil over climate change. So why is he using public funds to search for oil on his own private land?
 

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To Sway Lawmakers, California Lobbying Spending Continues to Increase

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Tue, 11/03/2015 - 11:56

Another quarter, another tens of millions of dollars spent on lobbying lawmakers. In 2015, $236 million has been spent on lobbying, with $86 million in this quarter alone, according to the Secretary of State. Last year, at the same time, $224 million was spent in the first three quarters of the year, with $79 million in the third quarter. 

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