By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2024/04/new-oil-drilling-permit-approvals-fall.html Newsom's regulators have issued a total of 15,940 well permits of all types since he took office in 2019. “At the same time, permits to redrill oil and gas wells plummeted 89% to 99...

By Staff Reporters, KQED-FM – San Francisco, CA  Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwVwBOOOF6E Jamie Court says there there's no question in 2022 to 2023, oil company profits were higher than they've been in the last 20 years, so for them to say they're making pennies is just malarkey.

By Ellen Snortland, DOWNTOWN LA NEWS https://www.ladowntownnews.com/opinion/consider_this/we-can-do-this-stop-throwing-your-money-away/article_134b9cde-e8a2-11ee-8e1e-4fcb4283fd76.html “Am I dreaming? Growing up, we used to take bottles and cans back to grocery stores,” I told Consumer Watchdog’s consumer advocate, Liza Tucker. (See below for disclaimer.) “We all still pay a...

By Rob Nikolewski, SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2024-03-25/the-average-price-for-gasoline-in-san-diego-once-again-climbs-over-5-a-gallon San Diegans have another bit of inflation aggravation to deal with as the average price for regular-grade gasoline is back over the $5 per gallon mark. Prices at stations in the greater San...

BY WES VENTEICHER, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/03/california-bill-targets-low-production-wells-in-3-200-foot-setback-zone-00147809 SACRAMENTO, California — A new proposal in the California State Assembly would impose a $10,000-per-day fine on oil companies operating low-production oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of most occupied buildings. AB 2716, a gut-and-amend that...

By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://www.eenews.net/articles/oil-industry-urges-california-regulators-to-delay-new-market-disclosures/#:~:text=SACRAMENTO%2C%20California%20—%20Oil%20and%20business,than%20lowering%20them%20as%20intended. SACRAMENTO, California — Oil and business groups urged the California Energy Commission on Monday to delay imposing new data reporting requirements on oil and gas companies, arguing the new rules could end up raising gas...

By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA  Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

The deal would place 40 percent of California’s idle wells in the hands of one operator. Campaigners warn this poses an “immense” risk to the state — which new rules could help to mitigate, depending on how regulators...

By The Times Editorial Board, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-03-18/editorial-whats-behind-californias-high-gas-prices-dont-trust-the-oil-industry-for-answers If you live in California you’ve probably run across ads blaming high gasoline prices on state laws and policies. They’re online, on television, in mailers, on highway billboards and even on gas pumps...

By Anne Mulkern, E&E NEWS https://www.eenews.net/articles/oil-friendly-ad-blitz-targets-calif-climate-policies/#:~:text=climate%20policies,-By%20Anne%20C&text=Coalitions%20that%20won%27t%20reveal,higher%20gas%20and%20electricity%20prices. Oil industry allies in California are filling television and computer screens statewide with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign that blames state climate policies for pushing up gasoline and electricity costs. Some key details around the ads...

By Wes Venteicher, Politico California Climate PRESSURE AT THE PUMP: A group of environmental and consumer groups is pressuring the California Energy Commission to hurry up and impose a profit cap on oil refiners ahead of the usual summer surge...

Consumer advocates had raised concerns the fund wouldn’t have enough money to cover greater recycling rates and upcoming reforms. By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO https://politicopro.com/article/2024/02/department-of-finance-repays-loan-to-calrecycle-as-beverage-recycling-costs-rise-00144255?source=email SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials told lawmakers on Thursday they repaid a $100 million loan they...

By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2024/02/big-oil-pumped-254-million-into.html Big Oil spent more money on lobbying in California in 2023 than any other year on record besides 2017.  The oil and gas industry spent $25,445,606 on lobbying in California in 2023 and $25,445,606 in 2017, according to...

By Anne Mulkern, E&E NEWS https://www.eenews.net/articles/californians-already-pay-sky-high-pump-prices-it-might-get-much-worse California gasoline pump prices could jump by as much as 47 cents per gallon next year under a proposed overhaul of a state regulation on fuels. The potential price hike would make California gasoline —...

By Staff Reporters, KCBS-AM – San Francisco, CA  Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvv9OLGMq58 Jamie Court said it is unfair to lump in state and federal taxes that every state pays.

By Megan Quinn, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/02/calrecycle-director-to-step-down-00141319 Rachel Machi Wagoner, director of CalRecycle, will step down from the role on March 5, she announced on Tuesday.  "I am so incredibly proud of the work that we have done together and want to thank...

By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2024/02/big-gas-and-big-oil-spent-record-27.html Chevron topped fossil fuel lobbying expenses with $11.3 million in 2023 Big Oil and Big Gas spent an all-time record of $27,003,931 on lobbying in 2023 in the “green” and “progressive” state of California. The...

By Thomas Elias, THE MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/13/elias-california-energy-panel-should-limit-oil-refiners-profit-margins For many years, California drivers and Republican politicians have blamed Democrats and high gas taxes for the huge difference in the price of gasoline here compared to other states. It turns out they've...