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24 04, 2023

Grimes: Tax Fighter Warns ‘Big Problems for California’s Income-Based Utility Rates’

2023-05-01T11:35:21-04:00April 24th, 2023|California, Energy, Grimes, Media Coverage|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Trying to shoehorn an income component into utility rates converts ‘ratepayers’ into ‘taxpayers’ Last week the Globe reported that Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric had just filed a proposal [...]

18 04, 2023

Grimes: Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Overturns Berkeley’s Ban on Gas Stoves

2023-04-21T11:16:56-04:00April 18th, 2023|California, Energy, Gas Stove Ban, Grimes, Media Coverage|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The White House kitchen is outfitted with a commercial natural gas stove Berkeley was the first city in the United States to ban gas stoves, in 2019. This followed the 2018 passage of Senate Bill 100 by then-Senator Kevin [...]

16 04, 2023

Grimes: California Going Full Commie: ‘Designing Electricity Rates for An Equitable Energy Transition’

2023-04-21T12:33:52-04:00April 16th, 2023|California, Communism, Energy, Grimes, Media Coverage|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Income-based utility billing is the latest assault on the productive in California Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric filed a proposal on Thursday that would install a fixed-rate electric bill [...]

5 04, 2023

Grimes: California Can’t Power the State but is Forging Ahead with Electric Truck Mandate

2023-04-13T13:28:45-04:00April 5th, 2023|California, E.V., Energy, Grimes, Media Coverage|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Maybe California should figure out how to fix our electric grid before we outlaw gas cars and trucks California is rich in natural resources which once powered the state: natural gas deposits in the Monterey Shale formation; [...]

27 03, 2023

Grimes: Governor Newsom’s Gas Tax Scheme Passes Assembly – But Not Without a Splendid Fight

2023-04-05T12:47:49-04:00March 27th, 2023|California, Energy, Grimes, Media Coverage, Skyrocketing Gas Prices|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘Stand up for yourselves – We make the policy’ Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax, as it is being called in some circles, would create a new panel of unelected bureaucrats with subpoena power, to investigate oil and [...]

16 03, 2023

Grimes: Gov. Newsom’s ‘Stronger Proposal to Hold Big Oil Accountable’ is Full of Organic Matter

2023-03-21T14:25:50-04:00March 16th, 2023|Bad Science, California, Communism, Grimes, Media Coverage, Skyrocketing Gas Prices|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘You are paying the same or less for the crude oil contained in a gallon of gas or diesel, but a lot more for government’ California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta “met with leaders [...]

14 02, 2023

Grimes: ‘Fact Checkers’ Claim California’s Import of Alaskan Oil isn’t Really an ‘Import’

2023-02-21T12:11:56-05:00February 14th, 2023|Bad Science, California, Communism, Grimes, Media Coverage, Skyrocketing Gas Prices|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Duh: ‘Does less oil drilling and more imports lead to higher gas prices in California?’ The Sacramento Bee published an article last week claiming that it’s not true that Californians are paying higher gas prices because the [...]

19 01, 2023

Grimes: Gov. Newsom’s Climate Change Pal Resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister

2023-01-25T12:22:03-05:00January 19th, 2023|"Climate Change", Bad Science, California, Grimes, Media Coverage|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Both Newsom and Ardern imposed medical tyranny and an endless stream of totalitarian medical orders during Covid In May, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern signed a “pledge” agreeing to help fight climate change [...]

18 01, 2023

Grimes: Silicon Valley Has 20-40 Inches of Rain, Flooding, But Clings to ‘Severe Drought’

2023-01-19T09:54:10-05:00January 18th, 2023|California, Grimes, Legal, Media Coverage, Water|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Droughts are naturally occurring; water shortages are created by government The California Department of Water Resources announced that snowpack levels have reached nearly 250%, the Globe reported Tuesday. Specifically, the Northern Sierra region is currently at 209% [...]

12 01, 2023

Grimes: The Tangled Government Web Behind the Push to Ban Gas Stoves

2023-01-19T10:01:41-05:00January 12th, 2023|Bad Science, California, Grimes, Legal, Media Coverage|

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe If natural gas stoves are really as dangerous as they claim, they would go after professional commercial kitchens We know that California is pushing to become the first state to ban natural gas heaters, water heaters, and [...]

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