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By Camille von Kaenel and Will McCarthy, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/09/22/newsoms-climate-whisperer-takes-the-mic-00575922?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000 FIRE AWAY: The fight over the future of property insurance in wildfire-prone areas is spilling…
Sep 23, 2025By Nicole Nixon, SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312171922.html#storylink=cpy Gov. Gavin Newsom signed what he described as a “big, beautiful” energy and climate package Friday that…
Sep 19, 2025By Giulia Carbonaro Climate change is posing an existential threat to the property insurance market in the U.S., as more frequent and…
Sep 15, 2025By Ashley Zavala SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Saturday are set to debate a bunch of proposals that attempt to address…
Sep 14, 2025BY ALEJANDRO LAZO AND JEANNE KUANG Gov. Gavin Newsom closed out the legislative year with one of the most sweeping overhauls of California’s energy and…
Sep 14, 2025By Laura Fitzgerald, Capitol Radio Click below to listen to the segment.
Sep 12, 2025By Rob Nikolewski, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE Legislation aimed at boosting in-state oil production is one of a slew of energy-related bills introduced…
Sep 11, 2025By Guy Marzorati, Julie Small, Laura Klivans https://www.kqed.org/news/12055461/california-lawmakers-reach-last-minute-deals-on-climate-energy Late-night negotiations between Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders in the state Legislature produced a flurry…
Sep 11, 2025By Curt Berry, INSIDE WASHINGTON PUBLISHERS The California Energy Commission (CEC) is declining to implement a first-time cap on oil refiners’ profit…
Sep 8, 2025By Rob Nikolewski, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE Phillips 66 will start the process of shutting down operations of one of Southern California’s major…
Sep 3, 2025By Brian Joseph, CAPITOL WEEKLY A quarter century after the California energy crisis, some supporters of energy deregulation have taken to a new…
Sep 3, 2025By Joy Chen, PASADENA NOW If you pay insurance premiums to any company, I have good news. Last week, you won big. Twice. At the State…
Sep 2, 2025By Manola Secaira, CAP RADIO https://www.capradio.org/articles/2025/09/02/california-holds-off-on-penalizing-oil-companies-for-price-gouging The California Energy Commission voted on Friday to suspend its ability to impose a profit cap…
Sep 2, 2025By Nathan Risser, BLOOMBERG https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-29/newsom-plan-to-prevent-pump-price-spikes-delayed-by-5-years The California Energy Commission (opens in new tab) delayed implementing a profit cap on refiners, the latest move by…
Aug 29, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-29/judge-rules-homeowner-can-probe-state-farm-claims-practices-in-rate-hearing Policyholders critical of State Farm General’s response to January’s firestorms won a court victory this…
Aug 29, 2025SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California energy regulators Friday put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their…
Aug 29, 2025By Saqib Rahim, E&E NEWS https://www.eenews.net/articles/as-insurers-leave-california-one-vows-to-cover-additional-risky-homes Mercury Insurance is the state’s first to use a process that allows climate modeling to expand…
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