by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘While this policy change is well-intentioned, it is likely not sufficient to stabilize the state’s pipeline and refining infrastructure’ California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation in September that fast tracks the approval of 2,000 new wells per [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel A decade ago, three giant companies took advantage of federal incentives to build the world’s largest solar power plant in the Mojave Desert, known as Ivanpah. It was “the wave of the future,” a new technology that focuses 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors to reflect solar [...]
by Audrey Streb The Daily Caller Bill Gates wrote Tuesday that while he views climate change as “serious,” it is not an existential crisis that will “lead to humanity’s demise” — a stance that several energy sector experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation marks a sharp departure from Gates’ previously alarmist rhetoric on the [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California’s self-inflicted gas crisis is a direct threat to U.S. military force readiness on the West Coast California needs a federal intervention. Stat. Most California residents know that California’s self-inflected gasoline crisis is not only increasing prices [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe SB 253 Authorizes CARB to adopt or update any other regulations that it deems necessary and appropriate “Polluters” sue California over the state’s new Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, which requires companies with annual revenues exceeding $1 [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing in the Daily Caller It’s great news that the Trump administration agreed this week with Australia to take steps toward breaking Communist China’s chokehold on rare earth minerals. In addition to a July announcement of a project to extract rare earths from [...]
WOC News Talk: The Doug Wagner Show On October 24, 2025, Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder appeared on The Doug Wagner Show. As the show notes indicate: "With a $750M data center being built right now and more than $15 billion more on the way, Steve joined Doug to speak [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Last week, the Senate passed three Congressional Review Act resolutions overturning BLM resource management plans. What would have been called an earth-shattering precedent not so long ago was this time hardly noticed except by those who closely follow Interior and energy issues. The Biden-era [...]
by Audrey Streb The Daily Caller As Big Tech develops more artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, advocates flaunt the promise of more jobs and innovation, while others warn about the impending power crunch and potential antitrust issues as a handful of companies could dominate the power sector. Former Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Antitrust [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California’s gas is $1.58 higher per gallon than every other state As of 2025, California’s total gas taxes and fees amount to approximately $1.15 per gallon, which includes state excise taxes, local sales taxes, and various fees. [...]
