by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Assembly Democrats’ vote to Increase CA’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices If the ‘Big Oil’ companies are so greedy, why are they only greedy in California and not greedy in every state? California’s Assembly Democrats voted Tuesday to [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously advised, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. What I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.” He was talking about the financial [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe If the ‘Big Oil’ companies are so greedy, why are they only greedy in California and not greedy in every state? AAA reports today that the national average gas price is $3.22 per gallon, while the average [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe A ‘statewide poll’ on plastic pollution in 2022, used a sampling of 379 California residents California Governor Gavin Newsom, who signed the first plastic bag ban in the country in 2007, to no avail, just signed a total [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Wolves yelp, bark and howl at night to commmunicate, establish territories, and even to show affection. They do not actually howl at the moon, although that romanticized vision was cited by many voters who thought returning wolves to Colorado would somehow enhance their lives. [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel A couple of years ago I mentioned a report called, “Beyond Carbon-Free: A Framework for Purpose-Led Renewable Energy Procurement and Development.” It was published by an energy company in Seattle, together with the Nature Conservancy and the National Audubon Society. It suggested that the [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Newsom left out the part California’s highest-in-the-nation gas taxes play in California’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Energy Commission regulators announced in early August proposed government controls of the petroleum industry, ostensibly in order to [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘We are literally choking our planet with plastic waste’ After forcing California grocery shoppers into “reusable” plastic bags at .10 cents a piece, flighty lawmakers have voted to ban them outright. California lawmakers have voted to do [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Desperate for attention, Gov. Newsom threatening special legislative session on his oil and gas controls Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Energy Commission regulators announced earlier this month proposed government controls of the petroleum industry, ostensibly in order to [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘Californians Deserve a Strategic Transition Away from Petroleum Transportation Fuels’ Just as Chevron Oil company announced that it is moving its headquarters to Houston Texas from San Ramon California, California Energy Commission regulators announced proposed government controls of the [...]
