by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The governor cannot prohibit oil and gas drilling, or new leases, in federal waters off California’s coast “Governor Newsom announces historic new ocean protections as Trump pushes offshore drilling,” a press release from the governor’s office proclaims. [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘California is closed for business and the service industry is at the verge of a collapse’ I was recently contacted by an independent gasoline station owner regarding the financial challenges facing these operators in California. Over the [...]
Click here to download a complete PDF version of E&E Legal Letters Issue LII: Summer 2026. Click headlines for the full article. Is It Time For The Nuclear Option In The AI Race? by Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in the Daily Caller AI needs vast amounts of electricity, more than America can [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The threats to California’s water supply were important enough that the bill was passed by the California Legislature unanimously California Governor Gavin Newsom just vetoed Senate Bill 872, by Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton), an important water infrastructure [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The average price for a gallon of diesel in California is $8.43 Oil and gas experts are predicting that the price of gas in the U.S. is about to go down. The price of diesel in however, [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘The Biden-Harris Administration’s anti-coal regulations sought to regulate out of existence this vital sector of our energy economy’ The Trump EPA is finalizing the repeal of 2024 Biden-era carbon rules for greenhouse-gas standards for coal-and natural-gas-fired power [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe 'When tensions flare in the Middle East, Californians feel it first and worst’ While national crude prices set the floor, California’s taxes, climate rules, unique fuel special blend, and diminished refining system raise the price per gallon. [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe It’s all being driven by dishonest climate policies “Governor Gavin Newsom is advancing a plan that could funnel hundreds of millions in road dollars to a struggling oil refinery — pitching it as a cleaner jet fuel [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe We are being taxed to death by Democrats in California In March, Democrats in the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee killed Senate Bill 1035 by Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) which would have provided immediate relief for [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Nancy Skinner is the same lawmaker who tried to ban bullets when she couldn’t ban your guns A bill to regulate car tires was passed by the California Legislature 20 years ago but never implemented. “The California [...]
