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 [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The actual problem is that Democrats’ climate policies are ramping up the cost of living in California There is no “climate crisis” in California. We have the most beautiful weather in the world. But the real crisis [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The real issue is submission: the government needs you to submit to their policies, legitimate or not Sacramento is conducting curbside trash bin inspections to enforce California’s organics recycling mandate. Really. Yet, as the Globe reported in [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘Like clockwork, we’re facing another tax increase on Californians’ Gird your loins: While gas prices are going down throughout the country, California is increasing its gas tax. July 1, 2026, California’s state excise tax on gasoline increases [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California even failed the high cost of camping, coming in at 48th! A picture is worth a thousand words. Sadly, the picture above shows California – beautiful California – near the bottom of the country for WalletHub’s [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe With the recent US/Iran MOU signed, there is an immediate ceasefire extension, the reopening the strait for commercial vessels, and the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade Gas prices have dropped below $4.00 per gallon according to AAA [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California energy and gas prices are through the roof The average price for a gallon of regular gas in California Friday June 5, 2026 is $5.95 – nearly $6.00 per gallon! The national average is $4.22. Two [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California is not a sovereign nation, nor is it an island The California Air Resources Board approved amendments to the Cap-and-Invest program (formerly Cap-and-Trade) Thursday ignoring ‘The Stark Reality’ Driving In-State Refining Capacity to Zero of CA’s [...]
