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Daily Report: Money and Politics

Special interests gave money, gifts to new Senate GOP leader

January 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
Behind the legislative record of newly chosen Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff is a host of special interests that have funded his campaigns and given him expensive gifts. Last year, for example, the California Dental Association spent $124 to send Huff to a Josh Groban concert, the day after... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Energy efficiency programs may continue, but controversy remains

September 30, 2011, 12:05 AM
The California Public Utilities Commission's president will push to continue fully funding energy efficiency programs, despite the Legislature’s recent failure to extend a special surcharge on utility bills. In a letter dated Wednesday to Gov. Jerry Brown, commission President... + read more
Spotlight: Environment

Scientists concerned about fault system near Diablo Canyon plant

July 15, 2011, 8:59 AM
After the devastating tsunami damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, seismologists in the United States are focusing on a potentially dangerous fault system near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California. + read more
Spotlight: Environment

PG&E green program helps preserve forests, but so did taxpayers

June 16, 2011, 7:05 PM
The power company isn’t telling its customers one crucial fact: Three Mendocino County forests were purchased years ago by a Virginia-based conservation group that used nearly $50 million in loans and grants from taxpayers. + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

After deadly gas explosion, lawmakers target PG&E

February 9, 2011, 12:05 AM
Five months after a pipeline explosion in San Bruno killed eight people and leveled dozens of homes, California legislators have turned their attention to PG&E's response to the disaster. They are proposing laws requiring utilities to improve communication with emergency responders and... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

PG&E has lobbying muscle to help with San Bruno fallout

September 14, 2010, 12:05 AM
As it gears up to avert any public relations or regulatory backlash from last week's fatal gas line inferno in San Bruno, PG&E Corp. is already stocked with some of the best lobbyists and political connections that money can buy, the company's quarterly lobbying filings show. Since... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Prop. 16 fight highlights PG&E's political power

June 2, 2010, 12:04 AM
When it comes to political metaphors, “David vs. Goliath” doesn’t really serve to describe the power imbalance in the contest for Prop. 16, the public-energy initiative on the California ballot Tuesday. Perhaps “David vs. Godzilla” gives a better notion of the... + read more
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