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 [...]
by Dimitris Papafotis NewsFire Economists and energy experts have lambasted Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) call to boycott Chevron, noting the state’s high gas prices are due to Newsom’s anti-energy agenda. This week, Newsom urged California drivers to avoid Chevron stations over Memorial Day weekend, citing high gas prices. He wrote: Californians, if you’re hitting the [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel One month after proposing to put a man on the moon, JFK said getting drinking water from the ocean would be “one of the great breakthroughs of history” that would “dwarf any other scientific accomplishments.” Californians have worried about water for decades. The Colorado [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe 'Women bear the brunt of climate change’ Climate change now impacts genders? According to State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), Climate change impacts gender. And according to Dr. Nancy L. Cohen of the Gender Equity Policy Institute, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel The Wall Street Journal headline said “San Diego Now Has So Much Water That It’s Selling It.” The article said San Diego generates enough water to rescue Arizona, though that’s jumping the gun just a bit. No such deal has actually been finalized yet, [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Are Democrat lawmakers willing to destroy food production in California over the imaginary air quality crisis? A 2025 Cal Poly research paper revealed that California lettuce growers now spend 12.6% of their total production costs on [...]
