by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Do the authors of AB 1137 understand that by banning existing oil wells, California will be thrust into immediate energy poverty? Senate Bill 1137, gut-and-amend legislation by Democrat Senators Lena Gonzalez and Monique Limón, would require 3,200-foot [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Lawmakers and governor abdicate legislative power to California Air Resources Board of political appointees In California politics, the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing, and they don’t seem to care. California will ban the [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Is this optics for a national audience, or does Gov. Gavin Newsom just care very deeply about the climate? California Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing even stricter climate and energy goals, claiming this will prevent the immutable [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Is California really experiencing a ‘climate emergency?’ The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors just voted to appoint 13 members to the newly created Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force, following their declaration of a climate emergency. On Dec. 16, [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Support for climate change policies differs by party’ A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California cleverly conflates climate change, drought, wildfires and the oil and gas industry through dextrous questions and weighted demographics. Here’s [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Newsom’s bans are coming for you’ “Attention California Drivers: @GavinNewsom’s ban on gas, diesel & hybrid cars & trucks begins in 2026, before the state has an electrical grid that can charge all the new EVs and [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Environmentalists sued to halt critical forest thinning as California is on fire again The Oak Fire, which is raging near Yosemite National Park right now, was sparked as firefighters were battling the Washburn Fire. The Washburn Fire, [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Petroleum products are found in nearly everything we use today in modern society California is rich in natural resources which once powered the state: natural gas deposits in the Monterey Shale formation; geothermal energy, abundant rivers and [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California Gov. Newsom defiantly vows to double down on California’s climate change policies “Friday marked 100 days of diddling by California’s supermajority party to provide relief at the pump for the state’s drivers from the record high gas [...]
Click here to download a complete pdf version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XXXV Spring 2022. Click headlines for the full article. The Ultimate Energy Wrecking Ball — Joe Biden by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in The Daily Caller Energy independence and security are basic requirements for a stable economy [...]
