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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...

New CA Gas Price Spike Fault of Newsom Energy Commission’s Oversight Failure, Legislative Hearings Warranted

More New CA Oil Drilling Permits Approved in January Than All Of 2025 As Path to Clean Energy Faces Mounting State, Industry, and Federal Threats, Watchdogs Warn

Smiling For Nalleli, Ban on Community Oil Drilling Takes Effect

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Watchdog Exposes Phony Oil Refiner Arguments In Price Gouging Penalty Proceeding, Makes Case For Maximum Gross Refining Margin Of 70 Cents Per Gallon

Two Bills Holding Community Oil Drillers Accountable Advance To Appropriations Committee

New Oil Drilling Permit Approvals Fall To Zero For First Time Since Newsom Came To Office, Making History, Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance Say

Bill Holding Drillers Legally Liable for Harms Advances, Backed by 64 Public Interest Groups And Activist Nalleli Cobo

Two Barrels of Oil Per Day Is All Drillers Extract from Community Wells, Making Case For New Law For $10K Per Day Fine

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

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

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

New Consumer Alert Exposes Deceptive Oil Industry Attack On Governor Newsom

Consumer Alert: Gov. Newsom vs. Oil Industry

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

Consumer Alert: More Deceptive Big Oil Ads Targeting California