By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/06/oil-industry-group-drops-ballot-initiative-to-drill-near-california-homes-00165248 SACRAMENTO, California — An oil industry group is withdrawing its ballot challenge to a California law that bans drilling within 3,200 feet of homes, businesses and schools, the group announced Wednesday. What happened: The California Independent...

BY WES VENTEICHER, POLITICO SACRAMENTO, California — A California state Senate committee voted Tuesday to approve a bill targeting low-production oil wells within 3,200 feet of homes and schools, raising the stakes for an oil industry group’s decision this...

By Tom Elias, CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD https://www.chicoer.com/2024/06/12/its-time-the-gas-gougers-are-held-responsible-california-focus/# The gasoline price gouging that has plagued California periodically for decades appears no longer to be merely sporadic. It’s now a steady phenomenon.  There was shock and indignation about 18 months ago, when California’s Big...

By Kenneth Schrupp, THE CENTER SQUARE https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_2a002ae8-0d6f-11ef-98a3-23aafa7ad2d6.html (The Center Square) - As the California Energy Commission considers adopting a rule to put profit caps on the state's remaining 9 refineries the only ones producing the state's special gas formulation Arizona...

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By WES VENTEICHER, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/gavin-newsom-climate-message-california-00156954 SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking California’s climate story — with its big ambitions and political risks — on the road. The Democratic governor, Biden surrogate and potential presidential contender is pushing aggressive climate action...

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https://www.capradio.org/articles/2024/05/07/new-california-bills-hope-to-mitigate-health-impacts-linked-to-living-near-oil-gas-wells By Manola Secaira, CAP RADIO Two years ago, California legislators passed a law requiring a 3,200 foot setback between new oil and gas wells and community areas like neighborhoods and schools.  Prior to its passage, “buffer zones” or setbacks between...

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/7/2239438/-Watchdog-Exposes-Phony-Oil-Refiner-Arguments-In-Price-Gouging-Penalty-Proceeding?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Sacramento, CA –  In comments filed with the California Energy Commission (CEC) Friday, Consumer Watchdog made the case for a maximum gross refining margin that penalizes refiners for profits of over 70 cents per...

By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/travelers-insurance-rates-19441039.php One of California's largest home insurers is raising rates for hundreds of thousands of state policyholders by an average of 15.3%, the latest move by a major insurer to boost homeowners' premiums in...

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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...

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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...

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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...