Wildfire Survivors Take Capitol To Stop Bailout
Wildfire survivors from Altadena came to Sacramento to make sure their voices were heard. Below is some of the coverage from their 2 day trip,...
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Wildfire Survivors Call on Lawmakers to Reject Gov’s 11th-Hour Legislative Utility Bail Out for Fires They Cause; Urge “No Lines Between Survivors”
Sacramento, CA – Over fifty wildfire survivors from across California gathered outside the Capitol building today to call on California lawmakers to stand with survivors and reject...
As Utilities Seek Another Bailout, Some Familiar Environmental Allies Speak Up
As utilities turn to Sacramento for a last-minute bailout, some of their old allies in the environmental community are speaking up. Here’s a refresher course...
New Report Exposes Fossil Fuel-Backed Network Flooding Supreme Court with Briefs Seeking to Shield Oil & Gas Companies in Climate Deception Case
Investigation identifies coordinated fossil fuel funding behind most industry-supporting briefs and raises new questions about Justice Samuel Alito’s participation in the case Los Angeles, CA...
Utilities’ Phony “Wildfire Victims First” Coalition Trots Out Utility-Paid Spokespeople to Push Wildfire Bailout
Sacramento, CA — The utility-funded coalition pushing for a utility bailout in Sacramento, deceptively named “Wildfire Victims First,” issued a press release August 10 (opens in...
A Field Guide to Fossil Fuel Front Groups
As the United States Supreme Court is set to decide a bellwether climate deception case in Suncor v. Boulder, Consumer Watchdog has documented the fossil fuel companies, billionaires and climate-denial networks behind 25 organizations that filed briefs in the case…
Ro Khanna, Erwin Chemerinsky and Dave Jones Join Campaign To Stop CA Utility Bailout; Consumer Watchdog Unveils TV Ads
Sacramento, CA – Congressional Representative Ro Khanna has come out against the 11th hour utility bailout that Governor Newsom is pushing for in Sacramento. Khanna joins...
Senate Energy Chair Calls Out Utility CEOs Over Bailout Blackmail Threats; Local Governments, Insurers, Fire Survivors & Consumer Groups Rally Against Bailout
A coalition of governmental entities, wildfire survivors, insurance companies, attorneys and consumer groups sent a joint letter to the legislature (opens in new tab)vowing to oppose...
New Polling Shows 7 Out of 10 Californians Oppose Utility Bailout Limiting Wildfire Survivors’ Legal Rights
New polling from Hart Research finds that large majorities of California voters oppose limiting the legal rights of wildfire survivors to recover monetary damages from...
As Carbon Capture Gains Momentum, New Report Raises Consumer Concerns
California is setting the stage for oil producers, refiners, and other industries to decarbonize. Air regulators are circulating proposed rules for the state’s first industrial Carbon...
THE DISINFORMATION ECHO CHAMBER: How California’s For-Profit Utilities Built Political Support For A Wildfire Utility Bailout
California's investor-owned, for-profit utilities are pursuing one of the largest corporate bailouts in California history — one that would shift billions of dollars in wildfire liability away from themselves for causing catastrophic fires on to wildfire survivors,…