Smiling For Nalleli, Ban on Community Oil Drilling Takes Effect
I am smiling for Nalleli Cobo today, the young activist who has spent her short life recovering from illness related to growing up 30 feet...
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Bill Charging Low Production Oil Wells Advances In California Senate
Sacramento, CA – Legislation charging $10,000 per day to oil wells producing less than 15 barrels per day within a half mile of a community passed...
CA Draws Straight Line Between Low Gasoline Supplies And Price Spikes At The Pump, Maintaining 15 Days Or More Of Supply Is Sweet Spot
The California Energy Commission and newly created Division of Petroleum Market Oversight provided valuable analysis at a recent workshop on the summer outlook for gasoline...
Bill To Hold Oil Drillers Legally Liable Fails To Come Up For Vote
Sacramento, CA – Legislation holding oil drillers liable for health harms caused by their wells within a half mile of a community failed to come...
Oil Driller Accountability Bill Passes CA Assembly
Sacramento, CA — Legislation holding oil drillers accountable for low production wells in communities has passed the California Assembly. AB 2716, authored by Assemblymember Isaac...
Chevron Spends $3 Million To Stop Oil Well Liability Law, Topping CA Lobbyists
Sacramento, CA – As a bill holding oil drillers accountable for health harms awaits a vote on the California Assembly Floor, Chevron reported spending $3...
Oil Driller Accountability Bills Pass Appropriations, Move To Assembly Floor
Sacramento, CA – Two bills holding oil drillers accountable for drilling within 3200 feet of a community passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee today by a...
Watchdog Exposes Phony Oil Refiner Arguments In Price Gouging Penalty Proceeding, Makes Case For Maximum Gross Refining Margin Of 70 Cents Per Gallon
Sacramento, CA – In comments filed (opens in new tab) with the California Energy Commission (CEC) Friday, Consumer Watchdog made the case for a maximum gross refining...
Two Bills Holding Community Oil Drillers Accountable Advance To Appropriations Committee
Sacramento, CA—Assembly Bill 3155 (Friedman), which creates new financial liability for oil producers for harm from community oil drilling, cleared its second policy committee today...
New Oil Drilling Permit Approvals Fall To Zero For First Time Since Newsom Came To Office, Making History, Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance Say
Los Angeles, CA—In a historic first, California oil regulators approved zero new drilling permits in the first quarter of 2024, effectively halting new drilling permit...
Bill Holding Drillers Legally Liable for Harms Advances, Backed by 64 Public Interest Groups And Activist Nalleli Cobo
Sacramento, CA— Activist and cancer survivor Nalleli Cobo gave testimony today in support of Assembly Bill 3155 (Friedman), which creates new financial liability for oil...
Two Barrels of Oil Per Day Is All Drillers Extract from Community Wells, Making Case For New Law For $10K Per Day Fine
Sacramento, CA — Oil companies drilling for oil within a half mile of community residents produce a tiny trickle of oil—2.1 barrels of oil per...