By Dan Bacher, RED GREEN & BLUE http://redgreenandblue.org/2022/09/24/setbacks-ca-finally-banned-oil-drilling-right-next-homes-schools-big-oil-already-scheming-overturn/ It didn’t take long for the oil industry to challenge Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing into law SB 1137, the bill that mandates 3200...

Buzz around Newsom’s presidential hopes hampered by what state’s conservationists think of his policies and performance By Dan Bacher, SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW July 19, 2022 https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2022/07/19/for-environmentalists-sacramento-is-ground-zero-in-battle-over-californias-air-coastlines-and-climate-future/ On July 6, dozens of residents and...

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS July 14, 2022 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/14/2110208/-Second-Quarter-Permits-To-Fix-Oil-Wells-Skyrocket-As-Groups-Protest-Leaking-Oil-Wells-at-CalGEM On Wednesday, dozens of community residents and environmental justice advocates from the Last Chance Alliance and VISION blocked  the entrance to the CA Department of Conservation (DOC)...

Los Angeles, CA — State approvals for permits to fix or deepen existing oil wells skyrocketed in the second quarter by 124% over the same time last year, Consumer...

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...

A bill to ban offshore drilling in state waters, Senate Bill 953, passed out of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water on April 26. By Dan Bacher, RED, GREEN...

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS April 19, 2022 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/19/2092852/-Breaking-First-Quarter-Approvals-For-Higher-Risk-Oil-Extraction-Up-Sharply-in-California Los Angeles, CA — If anybody still believes that California is the nation’s “green” and “progressive” leader as the state’s cities are plagued by the most polluted air...

By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS February 9, 2022 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/9/2079471/-State-Senator-Dave-Min-introduces-bill-to-ban-offshore-drilling-in-California-waters SACRAMENTO, CA — In a major challenge to the powerful oil industry in California, Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) today introduced a bill to ban offshore drilling...

By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS January 27, 2022 http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2022/01/new-analysis-reveals-fossil-fuel.html The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the most powerful corporate lobbying group in Sacramento, claims that there are 368,000 jobs in the oil industry in California. “The oil...

Los Angeles, CA —As the LA City Council votes today to ban oil and gas wells, Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance reported that Governor Newsom has approved 10,212 oil...