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Legislation Requiring Oil Refiners To Disclose Profits Per Gallon Monthly Clears CA Assembly

Los Angeles, CA -- A bill requiring oil refiners to disclose their per gallon profits monthly passed out of the California Assembly  by a vote of 42 - 23. ...

Elias: Oil, Gas Costing Us More Than We Thought

Column by Thomas Elias, THE COAST NEWS August 3, 2022 https://thecoastnews.com/elias-oil-gas-costing-us-more-than-we-thought/ The idea that oil companies and gasoline refiners could gouge Californians — and other Americans to a lesser degree — by...

Oil Industry Stops Bill Banning Oil Drilling In CA Waters From Moving Forward

By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY June 12, 2022 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/12/18850414.php California oil and gas regulators have approved 150 offshore drilling permits in state waters since January 1, 2019. Of those permits, five were for...

58 California Legislators Have Taken Over $10,000 In ‘Dirty Donations’

By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY June 12, 2022 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/12/18850413.php A May 2022 update to its Tracking the Dirty Dollars Project by Sierra Club California provides some clarity why California’s environmental policies don't live...

Cost to Californians $10 Trillion by 2045 From Oil And Gas, Consumer Watchdog Reveals in New Report

Los Angeles, CA—The true cost to the public of California’s oil and gas production and combustion is estimated to reach $10 trillion by 2045, a new report released today by Consumer Watchdog...

58 California Legislators Have Taken Over $10,000 In Dirty Donations

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS May 24, 2022 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/24/2099944/-58-California-legislators-have-taken-over-10-000-in-dirty-donations-since-Jan-1-2021 Sacramento, CA - Why is California, once the nation’s leader on innovative environmental polices, now behind many other states when it comes to...

With No Relief From Sky-High Gas Prices In Sight, Oil and Gas Industry Oversight Legislation Moves Forward

By Marissa Endicott, SANTA ROSA PRESS-DEMOCRAT May 18, 2022 https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/with-no-relief-from-sky-high-gas-prices-in-sight-oil-and-gas-industry-over/ As the summer travel season fast approaches, 2022’s sky-high fuel prices have failed to let up, save a few brief reprieves. Sonoma...

KCRW 89.9FM NPR Santa Monica, CA: Californians Struggling To Afford Artificially High Gas Prices

By Staff Reports, KCRW 89.9FM NPR Santa Monica, CA May 12, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Jamie Court with Consumer Watchdog explains the group's...

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