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By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/8/2222210/-CRC-Ploy-To-Buy-Aera-Is-Way-To-Avoid-Plugging-Idle-Wells-Extending-Life-Of-Depleted-Oil-Fields?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=community_groups_California+politics&pm_medium=web Los Angeles, CA— Oil companies and other big corporations base their operations on a model of privatizing the profits — and socializing the losses.  That was definitely the case...

By Ari Plachta, SACRAMNETO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article284917677.html California’s new gasoline industry watchdog wants to see mysterious price spikes at the pump come to an end. After months of investigation, he shared...

By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO The agency Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers created a year ago to do something about gasoline price spikes is pitching two changes the oil industry doesn’t...

By Thomas Elias, VC STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2024/01/29/energy-commission-takes-step-1-limit-on-gas-prices-should-be-next/72395493007/# 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...

By Sabrina Valle, REUTERS https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/california-big-oil-are-splitting-after-century-long-affair-2024-01-29/ It is the end of an era for Big Oil in California, as the most populous U.S. state divorces itself from fossil fuels in its fight...

By Dustin Gardner, POLITICO BUDGET GAP: Consumer Watchdog has pointed out a nearly $300 million discrepancy in the balance of the state’s CRV fund — the account that holds the nickel...

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/11/2216891/-Bill-to-End-Offshore-Oil-Drilling-in-CA-Waters-Passes-First-Major-Legislative-Hurdle?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web SACRAMENTO, CA — New oil leases for offshore oil and gas drilling have been banned in California waters for decades, but the oil industry can keep...

By Thomas Elias, VC STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/12/21/why-a-newsom-veto-may-help-drivers/71993335007/ One Gavin Newsom veto of a seemingly obscure, last-second effort to help boost oil company profits even beyond their prior high levels stands out as...

By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/19/2212653/-Big-Oil-Misleads-With-False-Claims-That-Decreased-CA-Crude-Oil-Production-Leads-To-Higher-Gas-Prices Los Angeles, CA -- When you see deceptive Facebook and television ads spreading disinformation about oil drilling and prices, you can be sure that the...

By Anne Mulkern, E&E NEWS https://www.eenews.net/articles/calif-takes-aim-at-gas-price-gougers-heres-why-its-hard/#:~:text=When%20California%20Gov.%20Gavin%20Newsom,work%20wasn%27t%20done%20yet. When California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law last spring a measure aimed at penalizing oil companies for price gouging, he touted it as proof...