by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to make sure US military bases have fuel for their jets and their boats
Another oil and gaslighting press release from California Governor Gavin Newsom was sent Friday at 5:00pm, claiming that oil prices have gone up because of President Trump.
Enjoy Newsom’s toothless claims in Fridays’s press dump:
“Governor Newsom exposes Trump’s Sable offshore pipeline lie: one month of oil, prices have only gone up.”
“California court affirms state law while Trump and Wright continue to lie to the American people on behalf of Big Oil.”
“What you need to know: A California judge today ruled that the Trump administration’s illegal order on the Sable offshore oil pipeline does not cancel out previous court rulings prohibiting the pipeline from restarting without meeting legal and safety requirements. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright promised Americans that forcing the illegal restart of this California offshore pipeline would help lower gas prices nationwide. That’s a lie. This week marks one month of oil flow and gas prices are over $1 more per gallon in red states and blue states, regardless of whether they pump oil or have refineries.”
Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge Donna D. Geck, ruled Friday, that the Trump administration’s March 2026 order—issued by Energy Secretary Chris Wright under the Defense Production Act – does not override or nullify her existing preliminary injunction against restarting the Sable Offshore Corp.’s onshore pipelines.
