by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
California has highest-in-the-nation gas prices and the highest energy costs, which have increased 50% since 2019 according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office
Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) sent the Los Angles Dodgers a letter Tuesday telling them to end their sponsorship deals with oil companies.
“As the Senate Majority Leader, representative for California’s 33rd Senate District, and a lifelong Dodgers fan, I am writing to urge you to end the Los Angeles Dodgers’ sponsorship deals with fossil fuel companies,” Gonzalez said in her letter.
What a busybody. I can think of many more pressing issues in Los Angeles should Sen. Gonzalez be interested in actually improving the lives of Angelinos.
What is the basis of her “urging?”
“The state of California is currently suing five of the largest oil and gas companies in the world for decades of misleading the public about climate change. This lawsuit includes Philips 66, owner of the 76 brand of gas stations. As a State, we are leading the way in climate action and decarbonizing our economy. Yet, Big Oil continues to engage in climate denial and just last year spent a record amount lobbying the State Legislature against common-sense public health measures.”
“Climate denial.” It’s now a crime in California to be a climate denier.
