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 Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel John Wesley Powell, the 19th century Colorado River explorer and long-time head of the U.S. Geological Survey, published one of the earliest analyses of the American Southwest in 1879, called “Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States.” He may [...]
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 [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe This is the first payment under the program Pacific Gas and Electric received $271 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to ensure the ongoing operation of Diablo Canyon Power Plant, California’s last operating nuclear plant, with [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel What if you face difficult legal battles, and I announce that I’ve appointed myself as your lawyer? We have never met, and I don’t know anything about your needs. You know nothing of my credentials. You never agreed to hire me or signed any [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel I heard about two lawyers that argued for over an hour. Finally, one said, “That’s my final word on the subject.” To which the other replied, “Oh, good. Now we can begin.” In politics, contentious agreements are a bit like that, too. There is [...]
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 59% since 2020 Exactly two years ago, as Chevron Oil company announced that it was moving its headquarters to Houston Texas from San Ramon California, [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California is an outlier – no other state gets into emissions’ Equipment manufacturing executives met with California Air Resources Board (CARB) leadership in Sacramento on Wednesday for an off-the-record discussion. This followed CARB’s July 2, 2026, approval [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Legislation would also preempt state and local permitting requirements that could delay or block designated projects A new House bill introduced Thursday would allow the president to designate certain interstate oil and natural gas pipelines as critical [...]
