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Not Every Angeleno Prospers In The Oil Economy

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 00:00

“Not every Angeleno is going to prosper in the ‘Next-Gen new economy,’” according to a recent newspaper ad by the State Building & Construction Trades. The union wants politicians not to “be bullied into supporting job killing regulations that are designed to shutter yet another Southern California industry.” This one being the oil and gas industry.
 

Big Oil’s Hush Money

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Thu, 11/30/2017 - 16:33

No matter how you look at it, from a sham trading system to "cut" climate-warming emissions to consumers gouged at the pump, Big Oil has us over a barrel by paying the state and politicians what amounts to hush money to stay off its back.
 

Fossil Fuel Electric Plant Developers Fund Brown’s Beijing Fling

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Tue, 06/27/2017 - 10:37

Consumer Watchdog today called on the Public Utilities Commission to require disclosure of any communications about new, unnecessary natural gas-fired power plants in Southern California made during Governor Jerry Brown’s recent trip to Beijing to tout clean energy. The trip, during which energy company executives had intimate access to the governor and energy regulators, shows the need for greater transparency around power plant decision-making.
 

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