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 [...]
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 [...]
