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KTTV-LA (FOX) – Los Angeles, CA: New Laws On Oil And Gas In California

Jamie Court -
https://youtu.be/KQjCp5sDK9E

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom – Special session hearings prove case for proposal to prevent gas price spikes

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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/20/special-session-hearings-prove-case-for-proposal-to-prevent-gas-price-spikes The following information was released by the office of the Governor of California: The Assembly hosted its first hearings of the...

Daily Kos – CA oil regulators issue 35 new well drilling permits in second quarter of 2024

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By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/21/2272020/-CA-oil-regulators-issue-35-new-well-drilling-permits-in-first-six-months-of-2024 Los Angeles, CA – California oil and gas regulators approved 35 new oil and gas well drilling permits in 2024’s second quarter, a big leap from...

KPCC-FM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: Jamie Court Discusses California’s Gas Price Spikes

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

Mercury News – Newsom’s gas price proposal debated at special session legislative hearings

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By Kristin J. Bender, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/19/newsoms-gas-price-proposal-debated-at-special-session-legislative-hearings/ Lawmakers gathered in Sacramento this week in a bid to prevent from soaring in the Golden State. The first two...

Cap Radio – Lawmakers embark on second special session aimed at lowering gas prices

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By Laura Fitzgerald, CAP RADIO https://www.capradio.org/articles/2024/09/18/lawmakers-embark-on-second-special-session-aimed-at-lowering-gas-prices Special session proceedings started in the Assembly on Wednesday as lawmakers held informational hearings on Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal aimed...

Politico – It’s the politics, stupid

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By Debra Kahn, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/09/04/its-the-politics-stupid-00177448 FAST THEN SLOW: What’s behind Gov. Gavin Newsom’s urgency around prices at the pump? Even if Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire accede...

Politico – Newsom is riding gas prices right into the election

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By Debra Kahn, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/09/03/newsom-is-riding-gas-prices-right-into-the-election-00177247?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014f-890a-d780-a9ef-9d7a82c30000&nlid=2745178 GAS PRICE RODEO: Gov. Gavin Newsom is essentially ensuring a debate about California’s high energy prices extends deeper into election season. His move Saturday to...

The Mercury News – Gov. Newsom unveils plan to require oil companies to maintain minimum fuel reserves

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By Kristin J. Bender, THE MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/08/15/gov-newsom-unveils-plan-to-require-oil-companies-to-maintain-minimum-fuel-reserves/ California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced a first-in-the-nation plan to require petroleum refiners to maintain a minimum...

KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: Governor Newsom Is Proposing A New Law To Bring Down Gas Prices

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

The Bakersfield Californian – Trio of bills puts new pressure on oil industry

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By John Cox, BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN https://www.bakersfield.com/news/trio-of-bills-puts-new-pressure-on-oil-industry/article_7a53af0a-58cf-11ef-adc7-3f5b5307d7dc.html A legislative fight important to Kern's oil industry may come to a head this week as lawmakers consider a pair...

KCBS-LA (CBS) – Los Angeles, CA: Chevron Moving Headquarters to TX

Jamie Court -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYFQYp5Xeq4

Mercury News – Gas prices plummet in California over past three months

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Prices have dipped 78 cents a gallon since April By Kristin Bender, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/08/02/gas-prices-plummet-in-california-over-past-three-months/ California gas prices have been sliding lower over the past three months,...

Politico – Climate Newsletter, Merger Revisited

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By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/08/02/chevron-heads-for-houston-cue-the-mud-slinging-00172541 MERGER, REVISITED: The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog is trying again to get California to impose hefty costs on the recent merger of...

Mercury News – Elias: California should use year-old law, limit gas price gouging

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By Thomas Elias, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/28/elias-california-should-use-year-old-law-limit-gas-price-gouging/# The gasoline price gouging that has plagued California periodically for decades appears no longer to be merely sporadic. It's now...

KGTV-SD (ABC) – San Diego, CA: Californians Overcharged For Gas in 2015

Jamie Court -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1e3RR0XDqQ

The Los Angeles Times – Editorial: Big Oil lost ballot battle, but will still fight to drill near California homes

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By The Times Editorial Board https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-07-08/editorial-big-oil-lost-ballot-battle-but-will-still-fight-to-drill-near-california-homes The oil industry’s recent decision to abandon its effort to repeal California’s neighborhood oil drilling restrictions and pull its referendum from the...

The Mercury News – California should use year-old law, limit gas price gouging

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By Thomas Elias, THE MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/28/elias-california-should-use-year-old-law-limit-gas-price-gouging/# The gasoline price gouging that has plagued California periodically for decades appears no longer to be merely sporadic. It's...

Politico – Oil industry group drops ballot initiative to drill near California homes

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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...

Politico – California Senate advances bill to penalize oil production near homes

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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...

Chico Enterprise-Record – It’s time the gas gougers are held responsible

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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...

The Center Square – As Calif. considers refinery profit caps, Ariz., Nev. fear rising gas prices

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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...

KTXL-SAC (FOX) – Sacramento, CA: Oil Windfall Profits Law Under Microscope

Jamie Court -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SccJsKKEd5A

Politico – Gavin Newsom is coming for your car, and he wants you to know it

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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...

KNX-AM (Radio) – Los Angeles, CA: Electricity Shouldn’t Be Based on Your Income

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

Cap Radio – New California bills hope to mitigate health impacts linked to living near oil, gas wells

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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...

Daily Kos – Watchdog Exposes Phony Oil Refiner Arguments In Price Gouging Penalty Proceeding

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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...

KGTV-SD (ABC) – San Diego, CA: Watchdog Blames Oil Industry For High Prices

Jamie Court -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOM22QAE1mc

Elk Grove News – New Oil Drilling Permit Approvals Fall To Zero For First Time Since Newsom Came To Office

Consumer Watchdog -
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...

KQED-FM (Radio) – San Francisco, CA: California Regulators Did Not Approve A Single New Oil Or Gas Drilling Permit During The 3 Months Of...

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