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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.
 

Brown’s Last Chance Campaign Confronts Gov At LA’s Union Station

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Fri, 05/18/2018 - 00:00

Browns Last Chance campaign asked Governor Brown to cross to our side of the tracks at Union Station on Friday and start keeping oil in the ground.  

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Carolers Condemn Brown for Climate Cowardice

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Fri, 12/22/2017 - 15:56

Carolers raised their voices before the Governor’s Mansion last night, singing “Jerry Brown Jerry Brown, Keep It In The Ground” to the tune of Jingle Bells and also Consumer Watchdog’s 12 Days of Brown Christmas, both remakes of classic carols that highlight his dirty energy policies.
 

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New "The Twelve Days of Jerry" Christmas Song and Animation Show Jerry Brown’s Big Polluting Gifts To Dirty Energy Industry

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Thu, 12/21/2017 - 00:00

As Sempra’s Aliso Canyon natural gas reserve sprang another leak this week, reigniting nosebleeds and headaches among nearby LA County residents, Consumer Watchdog released an animation featuring Governor Jerry Brown and an updated "Twelve Days of Christmas" song highlighting his support for fossil fuels and dirty energy policies.
 

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Question Cliff's Fitness for the PUC

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Sun, 08/20/2017 - 17:15

Aliso Canyon was the biggest methane well blowout in U.S. history, and we still don't know why it happened. The California Public Utilities Commission just reopened the facility without the necessary environmental and safety reviews, so we have no way of knowing if it will happen again. 

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Governor Brown, Me Thinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 14:54

Governor Jerry Brown is circling the wagons around the Public Utilities Commission in the face of our criticism that one of this latest appointments—his trusted advisor on all things energy and environment Cliff Rechtschaffen—is a lapdog of the oil industry. 

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