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% The Trump Administration just announced plans to open nearly all U.S. waters to oil drilling leases, including new offshore leases off of [...]
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 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 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. [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe This is why California ranks dead last once again in Chief Executive Magazine’s Best & Worst States For Business Another California business bites the dust. Actually, GAF Energy, which sells solar panels embedded in roof shingles, is [...]
Click here to download a complete PDF version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XLVIII: Summer 2025. Click headlines for the full article. Pulling The Plug On Liberal Org’s Dark Money Empire by Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in the Daily Caller The Gates Foundation’s sudden $450 million divorce from Arabella Advisors isn’t about [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘‘Achieving carbon neutrality for one’s current emissions is not the end-goal, but rather a bridge to more substantial reductions’ Governor Gavin Newsom today announced yet another climate change partnership – this one between California and Kenya, “to [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘Climate change – it’s the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world’ What a contrast. Tuesday at the United Nations, President Donald Trump read UN leaders the riot act for imposing their immoral, destructive climate change [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California has the most expensive and least reliable electricity California has taken nuclear power plants offline while increasing mandates for wind and solar, resulting in statewide power shortages and power outages. Nuclear power is clean and reliable; [...]
