by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe USC Professor Mische has warned CA is Facing $8.43/gallon Gas as Refineries Close In April 2025, Valero Energy Corporation announced it would shut down its Benicia Refinery in April 2026. This hit came after Chevron Oil Company [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The cover up is worse than the crime One year ago a series of catastrophic wildfires burned Pacific Palisades, Altadena and much of Malibu to the ground. 12 months later, most of the area still looks the [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The U.S. average retail price per kilowatthour is 12.68 cents; California’s price per kilowatt hour is 27.04 cents Sacramento Municipal Utility District CEO and General Manager Paul Lau is paid $936,617 in total wages, and $45,374 in [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California is producing only 23.7% of its own in-state oil/gas needs The Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration just gave Sable Offshore Corp. a Christmas present: Sable can begin pumping oil from its three platforms [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Gas prices plunge to lowest level in four years just in time for Christmas AAA is reporting on the lowest prices we’ve seen in quite a long time: This holiday season is delivering cheaper gas prices as [...]
Click here to download a complete PDF version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XLVIX: Fall 2025. Click headlines for the full article. Ford’s EV Pickup Never Made Sense by Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in the Daily Caller Ford Motor Co. announced this week that it is considering scrapping production of its electric [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Californians are looking at gas prices to increase to $8.00 – $12.00 per gallon The nationwide average for regular gas is at its lowest level in 1,681 days — and trending lower, the White House announced this [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California’s in-state oil production has declined by approximately 65% since 2001, while its dependency on foreign imports has risen by nearly 70% “Has California’s Oil And Gas Industry Hit The Point Of No Return?” the California Globe [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Gov. Newsom is single handedly sending California into energy poverty, rather than economic and energy prosperity Most California residents recognize that California’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices are self-inflected, as is the gasoline crisis in the state. This has [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Since 1990, California’s imports of petroleum from non-U.S. producers have increased by a staggering 713% Tuesday the Trump Administration announced plans to open nearly all U.S. waters to oil drilling leases, including new offshore leases off of [...]
