by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Gov. Newsom signed a package of ‘sweeping legislation’ in September 2022 to achieve statewide carbon neutrality In 1988, the state of California only imported about 4.5% of all the oil that we consumed in our state. By 2020 [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Even Elon Musk knows 52% of his cars are plastic and therefore the US needs more oil and gas production, not less As of 2024, more than 1 out of 6 households, or 21.12 million Americans are [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe This latest hit comes after Chevron Oil Company announced move to Houston, and Phillips 66 will shut down Los Angeles refinery by October 2025 California Democrats’ war on the oil and gas industry is working, but not [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Wiener and the Rockefeller-backed Center for Climate Integrity suffered an important loss California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill in February to hold “Big Oil” responsible for natural disasters in California. You read that right [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California refiners have not engaged in widespread price gouging, profiteering, price manipulation California’s average price for a gallon of gas today is $4.918; The national average cost for a gallon of gas is $3.260. In Texas that [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Trump Energy Department slashing unnecessary red tape and regulations that raise prices, reduce consumer choice, and frustrate the American people They are coming for your gas-powered car, your gas stove, your gas water heater, your gas furnace, [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California’s oil and gas industry contributes $166 billion of economic activity to California’s Gross State Product A new study by USC Professor Michael Mische found that the factors which have contributed to California’s high gasoline prices over [...]
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 [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Turning California into Venezuela won’t improve refinery capacity – getting out of the way and cutting regulations will California has highest-in-the-nation gas prices and the highest energy costs, which have increased 50% since 2019 according to the [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe That is like celebrating being a little less sick Just ahead of Christmas, California Governor Gavin Newsom took credit for a drop in gas prices. But that is like celebrating being a little less sick. “California Gov. [...]
