Energy

Oil Driller Accountability Bills Pass Appropriations, Move To Assembly Floor

May 16, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

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

May 6, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

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

April 23, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

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

April 19, 2024  ·  Liza Tucker

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

April 16, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

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

April 8, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

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...

Bill Introduced to Charge Low-Producing Oil Wells in Community Setback Zones $10K Per Day 

March 19, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA— Assemblymember Isaac G. Bryan (D-55, Los Angeles) introduced legislation today to charge $10,000 per day to oil wells producing less than 15...

20+ Groups Decry CA Oil Refiners’ Average $1 Per Gallon Profit Margin In 2023, Call On CEC To Implement Price Gouging Penalty By Summer To Avoid More Gouging

March 18, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA —  More than twenty public interest groups pointed to new state data showing that California oil refiners averaged more than $1 per gallon in...

California Air Resources Board Has Some Explaining To Do Over Low Carbon Fuel Standard’s Impact on Gasoline Prices

February 26, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has wisely postponed a March vote on the new acceleration of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), which is...

New Consumer Alert Exposes Deceptive Oil Industry Attack On Governor Newsom

February 23, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog released a new Consumer Alert video exposing another deceptive oil industry tv ad attacking on Governor Newsom’s energy policies called “Make Matters Worse.” ...

Consumer Alert: Gov. Newsom vs. Oil Industry

February 23, 2024  ·  Jamie Court

The oil industry just won’t stop its deceptive advertising. Now they have a new phony tv ad blaming Governor Newsom for the state’s efforts to rein in dangerous oil drilling near communities

Friedman Introduces Bill to Hold Oil Drillers Financially Liable for Harm Caused by Their Drilling 

February 21, 2024  ·  Kerri West

Sacramento, CA – While it has long been known that oil drilling can cause cancer, respiratory illnesses and birth defects, holding oil drillers liable for the...