As Gas Prices Spike to Record High, Consumer Watchdog Urges California...
Otherwise consumers will face even higher prices when Tesoro and Chevron control nearly half of California’s fuel refining capacityContact Info Name:Liza Tucker, 310-392-7931 Phone Number:Office:...
View ArticleCalifornia Gasoline Consumers Hurt By Few Suppliers, Outages
Monday, October 22, 2012By Ken Bensinger, LOS ANGELES TIMESLOS ANGELES TIMESFor nearly two decades, Santosh Arya has pumped some of the San Diego area's cheapest gas at his three Homeland Petroleum...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Calls for End to Toxic Regulation at Department of Toxic...
Points Out Small fines, Misunderstanding of Powers, and Calls for Action in Three CasesContact Info Name:Liza Tucker Phone Number:310-392-0522 x308Thursday, October 25, 2012 Related Focus Areas: Dirty...
View ArticleGoing Rogue in the Golden State: Regulating Chevron
If there’s one industry that has free rein in California, it’s the refinery business. California doesn’t regulate supplies of gasoline, so refineries here only keep around ten days on hand, instead of...
View ArticleActivists Oppose Relaxation Of DTSC Hazardous-Waste Enforcement Bill
Thursday, June 27, 2013By Greg Hyatt, INSIDE CAL/EPAINSIDE CAL/EPAEnvironmentalists are objecting to lawmaker plans to significantly weaken a bill requiring the toxics department to beef up enforcement...
View ArticleSacramento Bee Op-Ed: Another View: Toxic Waste Watchdog Rewards Serial Polluter
Sunday, July 21, 2013Op-Ed Commentary by Liza Tucker, SACRAMENTO BEESACRAMENTO BEEThe state's top toxics regulator just pulled a fast one on a farming community suffering birth defects and infant...
View ArticleWatchdog Groups Allege Boeing Sent Radioactive Waste To City Landfills,...
Monday, August 5, 2013By Molly Peterson, KPCC 89.3 FM PASADENA, CAKPCC 89.3 FM PASADENA, CAWatchdog groups have accused Boeing Corporation of sending radioactive waste from the Santa Susana Field...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups Say Radioactive Waste Is Going To Landfills
Monday, August 5, 2013By Jessica Garrison, LOS ANGELES TIMES LA NOWLOS ANGELES TIMES LA NOWA coalition of environmental groups accused state regulators Monday of allowing low-level radioactive waste...
View ArticleBoeing, State Facing New Complaints on Santa Susana Toxic Cleanup
Monday, August 5, 2013By Susan Abram, THE DAILY NEWS OF LOS ANGELESTHE DAILY NEWS OF LOS ANGELESTwo state regulator agencies were accused Monday of placing the public's health at risk by allowing the...
View ArticleConsumer Group Says Boeing Illegally Disposed of Radioactive Waste
Monday, August 5, 2013By Mike Harris, VENTURA COUNTY STARVENTURA COUNTY STARThe nonprofit Consumer Watchdog group Monday accused the state of allowing Boeing to demolish radiation-contaminated...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Demands Top Toxics Regulator Immediately Stop Boeing’s...
Boeing Waste from Santa Susana Field Lab Nuclear Meltdown Site in Simi Valley Headed to Municipal Landfills and RecyclersContact Info Name:Liza Tucker & Dan Hirsch Phone Number:Liza Tucker,...
View ArticleGroups Sue To Block Demolition At Ex-Nuclear Site
Tuesday, August 6, 2013By Staff Writers, ASSOCIATED PRESSASSOCIATED PRESSSIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Several environmental groups on Tuesday sued state regulators over the cleanup of a former nuclear...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Filing Suit to Block Top Toxics Regulators From Disposal of...
Boeing Radioactive Waste from Santa Susana Field Lab Nuclear Meltdown Site in Simi Valley Headed to Facilities not Licensed to Accept Radioactive WasteContact Info Name:LIza Tucker & Daniel Hirsch...
View ArticleWatchdog Groups File Suite Claiming Improper Disposal Of Field Lab Waste
Friday, August 16, 2013By Gabrielle Moreira, SIMI VALLEY ACORNSIMI VALLEY ACORNAllegations take aim at DTSCConsumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit, believes radioactive waste at the Santa...
View ArticleKeystone XL Builder Has Explosive Problems
TransCanada, the company that would build and own the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada’s tar sand fields to the U.S. Gulf Coast, has dialed up its lobbying in Congress after a U.S. State Department...
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