California's New Fracking Regulations "First Step" to Proliferation of Permits
By Dan AielloToday Reuters reported that the draft regulations announced by the Brown administration set forth ostensibly to improve monitoring of the oil industry's hydraulic fracturing, or...
View ArticleStudies Find California "Fracking" Wells May Kill Livestock, Family Pets
By Dan AielloAs the deadline for public comment on California Governor Jerry Brown, Jr.'s proposed new regulations on fracking are set to close in just seven days, reports are surfacing of the...
View ArticleFracking Regulations Only Exxon Could Love
By Judy DuganCalifornia's oil and gas industry regulators are about to write final state regulations on the controversial practice of fracking natural gas and oil wells in the state. Don't expect any...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed Against Fracking as Oil Lobbyist Says It's "Safe"
By Dan BacherAs a lawsuit was filed to stop unregulated fracking in California, Catherine Reheis-Boyd, the President of the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) and former Chair of the Marine...
View ArticleRestore the Delta Opposes Both Twin and Single Tunnel Proposals
By Dan BacherRestore the Delta (RTD) opposes both Governor Jerry Brown's plan to build two peripheral tunnels and a separate proposal to build a single peripheral tunnel backed by several environmental...
View ArticleWelcome to the Golden Age of Arms Dealing
By Tina DupuyIn 2004, the families of eight gunshot victims sued the manufacturer and dealer of the Bushmaster XM-15 used in the DC Sniper rampage for negligence. They won. The New York Times reported,...
View Article"No Confidence" State Will Protect Californians from Fracking, Senators Told
By Dan AielloAt a joint committee hearing yesterday to discuss the administration's proposed oil and gas regulations to monitor a method of extraction known as fracking, California senators were told...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Decry "Poor" Notification of First Fracking Hearing in L.A.
By Dan AielloIn a letter to Governor Jerry Brown Jr.'s supervisor of oil and gas at California's Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), Kassie Siegel, director of the Climate Law...
View ArticleThe American Dream: A Conspiracy Fact
By Tina DupuyI've been assured my in-laws don't read my column. However, because of their mix of shame, guilt and blame, I'll be vague on some details. They've fallen on hard times. No one wants to...
View ArticleSen. Jerry Hill Announces New Legislation to Reform Flawed "Enterprise Zone"...
By Rebecca BandImagine a system that gives companies enormous tax breaks for firing workers - and then forces those jobless workers to pay for those tax breaks themselves.It might sound outrageous, but...
View ArticleProposed "Water Tunnels" a Death Sentence for the Bay Delta
By Bill JenningsFor over a quarter of a century I've labored in the trenches of the water rights and water quality processes trying to protect it. We have a broad suite of laws protecting the Bay Delta...
View ArticleShowdown on California Fracking Moratorium Set for Monday
By Dan AielloA key committee vote on legislation calling for a halt to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in California that would effectively stop out of state oil companies from reaching California's...
View ArticleThe Hollowing Out of Government
By Robert ReichThe West Texas chemical and fertilizer plant where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn't been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health...
View ArticleStatewide Tour to Close the "Walmart Loophole" Kicks Off in West Sacramento
By Steve SmithWalmart shoppers probably didn't expect to be greeted Friday morning at 5 AM by a lively group of taxpayers protesting the "Walmart Loophole," which allows large companies like Walmart to...
View ArticleCalifornia Farmer Warns: "Don't Trust Oil Industry, State or Courts" to...
By Dan AielloKern County almond farmer, Fred Starrh, is an unlikely darling of the anti-fracking movement in California.Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is an environmentally risky oil production...
View ArticleCalifornia Enterprise Zones: Just a "Big-Business Tax Grab"?
By Gary CohnJohn Thomas and Hans Burkhardt have a lot in common. For more than 17 years each man had a good paying union job, with health and pension benefits, near San Francisco Bay. Thomas worked as...
View ArticleCalifornia Fracking Oversight Agencies Lack Inspectors, Knowledge, Says EPA
By Dan AielloAs more than 100 environmental groups launched a massive anti-fracking campaign yesterday in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, California Progress Report's review of the agencies...
View ArticleEnd Enterprise Zone Abuse: Support Gov. Brown's Good Jobs Proposal
By Steve SmithYou've probably seen the stories by now: Enterprise zone tax breaks, which are supposed to provide incentives for good jobs, are instead going to strip clubs and low-wage mega...
View ArticleCan Elites Convince Victims of Top-Down Policies to Blame Themselves?
By Randy ShawIn The Unwinding, New Yorker political writer George Packer argues that elite-driven economic policies have negatively "unwound" the lives of millions of Americans. This view is hardly...
View ArticleHow Taxpayers Foot Walmart's Bills
By Allison MannosWalmart's expansion strategy for Los Angeles and other urban areas has been to avoid public oversight by choosing real estate that doesn't require public review - and, where possible,...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....