Cal Matters – How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change

By Ryan Sabalow, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/04/california-oil-union-climate-bill/ Oil companies had their hackles up this year after Sen. Scott Wiener introduced a controversial bill that would allow victims of...

KOGO-AM (Radio) – San Diego, CA: Gas Prices In San Diego And Across The State Have Been On The Rise

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

Community Voice – Western Regional grid imperils independence

By Thomas Elias, COMMUNITY VOICE https://www.thecommunityvoice.com/opinion/columnists/western-regional-grid-imperils-california-independence/article_205937d1-fc49-416e-ac73-71aed574b5b1.html If California wants power company executives from coal-happy states like Wyoming and Utah to run energy policy in this state,...

Monterey Herald – Rooftop solar is not the culprit behind high California electric bills, advocates say

By TERI SFORZA, MONTEREY HERALD https://www.montereyherald.com/2025/04/06/rooftop-solar-is-not-the-culprit-behind-high-electric-bills-advocates-say/ That $8.5 billion “cost shift” that regulators say falls on non-solar customers and is partly responsible for our outrageous electric bills?...

Enterprise-Record – Western regional grid imperils state’s independence

By Thomas Elias, ENTERPRISE RECORD https://www.chicoer.com/2025/03/19/western-regional-grid-imperils-states-independence-california-focus/ If California wants power company executives from coal-happy states like Wyoming and Utah to run energy policy in this state,...

Politico – Don’t Ferc With My Energy Market

By Camille von Kaenel, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/03/11/teslas-best-frenemy-00225554?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000 The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications will meet tomorrow to discuss the West-Wide Governance Pathway Initiative, a long-awaited...

Orange County Register – Why are our electric rates are so insane, and what can we do about it?

By Teri Sforza, Orange County Register https://www.ocregister.com/2025/03/02/why-are-our-electric-rates-are-so-insane-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/ The choices we've made have led to the pickle we're in. Our electric bills in California are the highest in...

TURN – San Diego Gas & Electric Reports $891 Million in Profit in 2024

By Lee Trotman, TURN https://www.turn.org/press-releases/san-diego-gas-electric-reports-891-million-in-profit-in-2024 San Diego, CA -- San Diego Gas & Electric today reported near-record profits of $891 million off the backs of customers....

Chico Enterprise-Record – Editorial: Another year, more record profits for PG&E

By Editorial Board, CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD https://www.chicoer.com/2025/02/23/another-year-more-record-profits-for-pacific-gas-and-electric-editorial/ Have you heard the news? PG&E is reporting record profits for the past year. Normally, this is where we’d say, “Stop...

Mercury News – PG&E reports profit of more than $2 billion for 2024

By George Avalos, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/13/pge-profit-electric-gas-utility-fire-economy-bay-area-oakland-san-jose/ OAKLAND PG&E reported on Thursday that it had a profit of just under $2.48 billion in 2024, an increase from...

Daily Kos – New 2024 CA Oil Drilling Permits Drop to 73, But Oil Regulators Drop Ball on Bonding

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/2/5/2301645/-New-2024-CA-Oil-Drilling-Permits-Drop-to-73-But-Oil-Regulators-Drop-Ball-on-Bonding Los Angeles, CA—Approvals for new oil well drilling permits in California dwindled to 73 in 2024 from 2,664 in 2019...

Politico – By The Numbers

By Blanca Begert, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/02/04/why-tesla-needs-a-trump-lifeline-00202519?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=9df49bfd-52ce-419e-b9c2-dba48e0990e3 OIL COUNT: The U.S. may have had a record high year for oil drilling, but in California new oil and gas well permits hover...

Bakersfield.com – Grove bill would apply ethics standard to oil imports

By Jon Cox, BAKERSFIELD.COM https://www.bakersfield.com/news/grove-bill-would-apply-ethics-standard-to-oil-imports/article_47b233b8-b1a4-11ef-b981-1b547f2bff04.html Policy positions long advocated by Kern County's petroleum industry would come to the fore under a bill announced this week by...

Politico – Lawmakers want to have their Thanksgiving pie — and eat it too

By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/11/27/lawmakers-want-to-have-their-thanksgiving-pie-and-eat-it-too-00192002 SENTINEL STRIKES BACK: The operator of the largest urban oil field in California is suing the state over Assemblymember Isaac Bryan’s recent bill...

Los Angeles Times – Inglewood Oil Field owner sues California

By Tony Briscoe, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-11-28/inglewood-oil-field-owner-sues-california The owner of the Inglewood Oil Field is suing the state of California in an attempt to invalidate a...

Daily Kos – New Report on Big Oil’s Front Groups in California Exposes A ‘Decade of Deception’

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/25/2288709/-New-Report-on-Big-Oil-s-Front-Groups-in-California-Exposes-A-Decade-of-Deception The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the most powerful corporate lobbying group in California, has spent tens of millions of...

KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: New Low Carbon Fuel Standards Could Raise CA Gas Prices

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

KCBS-LA (CBS) – Los Angeles, CA: Late-Night Vote Can Spike Gas Prices

The proposal gives credits to companies making low-carbon fuel which in turn increases the cost of making high carbon fuel like regular gas.

Mercury News – California is about to change fuel standards. That means higher gas prices. But how high?

By Rob Nikolewski, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/11/04/will-tougher-fuel-standards-send-gas-prices-through-the-roof/ In a vote scheduled for Friday, the California Air Resources Board is expected to set stricter carbon intensity targets across...

The Daily Kos – Big Oil spent $16.9 million lobbying California officials in second quarter of 2024

By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/1/2281679/-Big-Oil-spent-16-9-million-lobbying-California-officials-in-second-quarter-of-2024 Despite California’s “green” image, Big Oil continues to spend millions of dollars in lobbying California officials to thwart climate...

The Los Angeles Times – Another refinery shuts down in California. What happens to gas prices?

By Russ Mitchell, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-18/another-refinery-shuts-down-in-california-what-happens-to-gas-prices California's attempt to manage a smooth transition away from gasoline just got roughed up with this week's decision by Phillips 66 to...

KCAL-LA – Los Angeles, CA: How Will Phillips 66 Closing The Refinery Impact Consumers At The Pump?

Jamie Court says it shouldn't have an impact. The new law we just passed for refineries doing business in the state requires them to have a plan with having a resupply so it should not have any impact on the price consumers pay at the pump.

KCBS-LA (CBS) – Los Angeles, CA: Phillips 66 To Close Refinery

Governor Newsom just signed a new bill into law which would mandate refiners to hold a certain amount of extra product in case things went off-line and Phillips saying it has nothing to do with that. 

KGO-SF (ABC) – San Francisco, CA: Controversy Over SF’s Bottle Bank Pilot

According to documents obtained by seven on your side investigates and Consumer Watchdog the San Francisco environment department, which oversees the bottle bank program, budgeted more than $1.4 million last year, and the money projected for this year, roughly 841,000, has nearly run out.

KTLA-LA (CW) – Los Angeles, CA: Newsom Signs Gas Law Aimed At Preventing Spike In Gas Prices

Jamie Court says this law is a common sense approach that chevron doesn't like this because it will lower prices and lower their profits.

KNBC-LA (NBC) – Los Angeles, CA: New CA Law Aims To Protect Gas Price Spikes

The new law requires oil refineries to have to keep a minimum inventory of fuel to avoid shortages, and authorizes the california energy commission to require refineries to have a plan when they have maintenance outages and to have a backfill of supply. The hope is with a constant minimum of gas and storage at all times, when refineries go offline, there would be enough gas to avoid price spikes.

KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: Jamie Court Discusses The Benefits of Governor Newsom’s New Law Holding Big Oil Accountable

By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
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KCBS-LA (CBS) - Los Angeles, CA: Chevron Moving Headquarters to TX
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KGTV-SD (ABC) - San Diego, CA: Californians Overcharged For Gas in 2015
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KTXL-SAC (FOX) - Sacramento, CA: Oil Windfall Profits Law Under Microscope
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KGTV-SD (ABC) - San Diego, CA: Who's To Blame For Recent Spikes In Gas Prices?
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Consumer Alert: The Buck Stops This Summer
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New Consumer Alert Exposes Deceptive Oil Industry Attack On Governor Newsom
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Consumer Alert: More Deceptive Big Oil Ads Targeting California
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: CRV Fee on Alcohol Starts On January 1st
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Consumer Alert: Deceptive Oil Ads
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Consumer Alert: Big Oil’s BS Mailer
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KABC-LA, CA: Lawmakers Should Prevent Refineries from Selling Expensive Summer Blend of Gas Overseas
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KPIX-SF (CBS) - San Francisco, CA: California Gas Prices Are Soaring Again
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KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: Gas Prices Skyrocketing
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KTLA-LA (CW) - Los Angeles, CA: So Cal Gas Prices Nearing $6 a Gallon
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Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley) - Los Angeles, CA: Controversy Over Gas Storage Facility
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KFMB-SD (CBS) - San Diego, CA: Gas Tax Increase Takes Effect July 1st
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KGO-SF (ABC) - San Francisco, CA: BottleBank Update, Is It Really Effective?
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KERO-BFL (ABC) - Bakersfield, CA; Oil Drilling Near Homes Can Cause Health and Safety Concerns
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KNBC - LA, CA; Consumer Watchdog's Liza Tucker On New Concerns With Santa Susana Field Lab Clean Up
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(ABC) - LA, CA; SoCal Edison's New Income Based Proposed Charges Might Not Be As Stable As They Seem
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(CBS)-Fresno, CA; Victory For Californians As Bill Passes That Will Regulate Profits Of Oil Refiners
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CNBC - Jamie Court Speaks About The Bill That Would Penalize Oil Refineries For Price Gouging
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KXTV(ABC) - Sacramento, CA; Governor Newsom Announced A New Deal With Lawmakers To Take On Big Oil
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KNBC-LA (NBC) - Los Angeles, CA; Holding Utility Companies Accountable For Power Outages
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KFMB CW - San Diego, CA; Oil Companies Need to be Held Accountable for High Gas Prices
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KTTV (FOX) - Los Angeles, CA; Recap Of Jamie Court's Testimony At The Senate Hearing For Gas Prices
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KGTV(ABC) - SD, CA; Jamie Court Will Testify at the Price Gouging Hearing for Rising Gas Prices
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KTTV-LA (FOX) - Los Angeles, CA; SoCal Gas Bill Sticker Shock
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Spectrum News 1 - Los Angeles, CA; Who Is SoCal Gas Buying Their Gas From?
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KCAL - Los Angeles, CA; Jamie Court Says We are Being Gouged By SoCal Gas
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