by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel n the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln famously said, “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” Notoriously modest, he was completely wrong. One hundred and sixty-three years later, his speech is perhaps [...]
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 Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel At Club 20 in the 1990s, we often fought against diverting highway funds for non-highway purposes, such as mass transit. We reminded national officials that “there will never be a Japanese bullet train from Slick Rock to Egnar.” They had never heard of either [...]
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 Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Few images evoke more emotional symbolism than light. As far back as history records, light held a significant place in ancient cultures, many of which worshipped the sun. In the Christian faith, the “light of the world” symbolizes truth, divinity, knowledge, even life itself. [...]
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 [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The U.S. average retail price per kilowatthour is 12.68 cents; California’s price per kilowatt hour is 27.04 cents Sacramento Municipal Utility District CEO and General Manager Paul Lau is paid $936,617 in total wages, and $45,374 in [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California is producing only 23.7% of its own in-state oil/gas needs The Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration just gave Sable Offshore Corp. a Christmas present: Sable can begin pumping oil from its three platforms [...]
