by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Democrats and Gavin Newsom stubbornly cling to carbon taxing – not because they are true believers – because it’s a revenue-generating tax Chevron just sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Is the CARB really trying to force all in-state refineries to close? An energy company you may or not have heard of, which has a huge impact on fuels in California, just sent a letter to the [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Democrats: Cut electricity bills for low-income renters or register Democrat voters? Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton’s CAL DOGE reported Thursday that $1 billion in taxpayer funds was stolen from the California Solar Program, which had promised to to [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Gov. Newsom is presiding over perhaps the largest energy policy collapse of the oil industry, refinery operations and gasoline production in U.S. history While California Governor Gavin Newsom gallivants around the world pretending he’s an international political [...]
https://youtu.be/lI-067Lqfps On February 16, 2026, Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder, appeared on Fox Business. He discussed the EPA's endangerment finding rollback and skyrocketing California energy prices under Gov. Newsom.
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Predictable, inevitable, regrettable, and preventable… CA is facing $8.43/gallon gas as refineries close The Valero oil refinery in Benicia, CA is shut down. Mike Ariza, former Valero manager and oil and gas expert, told the Globe Tuesday [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe If the state can take one kind of property without compensation, it can target others NARO-California, of the National Association of Royalty Owners, together with Pacific Legal Foundation announced Wednesday they filed a federal lawsuit challenging Senate [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Californians are paying 47% more at the pump than the rest of the nation and 61% higher than Colorado The national average price for a gallon of gas today is $2.88, AAA reports. The average price for [...]
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 [...]
