California Governor Gavin Newsom’s campaign to blame oil companies for alleged gas price gouging is falling flat with voters, according to a recent poll. The survey, conducted in June on behalf of a firm active in California’s carbon credit marketplace, shows Californians overwhelmingly blame the state’s gas tax and uniquely burdensome regulatory requirements for high
Read More...This week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amended complaint in the state’s climate lawsuit doubling down on greenwashing allegations and appealing to a new state law that gives the attorney general a backdoor to seek damages in the form of oil companies’ profits without even attempting to show harm to California consumers. Facing
Read More...Professor Severin Borenstein from the Energy Institute at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, one of the preeminent experts on California’s energy market, expressed reservations about a budding effort by California Governor Gavin Newsom to implement profit restrictions and penalties on California refiners. Soaring gas prices remain a top concern for many Californians, with state
Read More...California’s relentless war against oil and natural gas companies is poised to increase costs not only in California but also in the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona. But when California Attorney General Rob Bonta took to the stage at San Francisco Climate Week last month to promote the Golden State’s climate suit against the state’s energy producers, he had
Read More...California’s crusade against energy production is kicking into high gear with a series of bills, lawsuits, and new laws that threaten to send prices even higher across the Golden State. It’s no secret the state’s hostility towards oil and natural gas has already led to the highest gasoline prices in the country, rolling blackouts, increased
Read More...The state of California recently issued proposed regulations to ban fracking outright, threatening thousands of jobs and billions in economic activity in the Golden State. The proposed rules, issued by the Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management Division this month, fulfill a 2021 order from Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue regulations aimed at ending fracking
Read More...Questions continue to swirl around California’s climate lawsuit, launched by Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta in September. The latest, however, centers around the involvement of Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a well-known national “Keep It In the Ground” group tied to a variety of anti-energy billionaires whose fingerprints are seemingly all over the case. New emails obtained by Government Accountability
Read More...California’s hostile energy policies have led to the highest prices at the pump in the nation, rolling blackouts, increased foreign imports to keep the state running, and as seen in news this week, made investments in oil and gas production and refining increasingly risky. Just last month California Attorney General Rob Bonta traveled to COP28
Read More...A recent string of laws from the Golden State makes California Governor Gavin Newsom’s strategy on climate and energy policy crystal-clear – rack up the headlines first and sort out the policy details later. At a splashy press conference in March, six months after announcing that California needed to address high gas prices, Gov. Newsom
Read More...Weeks after a federal judge in California ruled a climate lawsuit brought by the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations belongs in federal court, the group has voluntarily dismissed its case. It appears that the plaintiff and its law firm Sher Edling would rather dismiss the case than risk an unfavorable defeat in federal court. The move represents
Read More...California politicians apparently want to discuss the state’s climate lawsuit anywhere but in California itself. First, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the lawsuit with a New York Times exclusive followed by a Times interview at Climate Week NYC. Then, Newsom couldn’t help himself from declaring California to be the energy industry’s new “foe” during last Thursday’s Red State vs. Blue State Debate, where
Read More...A federal judge in California ruled this month that a lawsuit brought by a west coast fishing trade group—with deep ties to the law firm backing numerous climate cases against the oil and gas industry—belongs in federal court. It was a striking blow for the often-criticized suit brought by the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA). In
Read More...Biden Shamelessly Attacks Oil and Gas on Over 150 Fronts! … … [Editor’s Note: Joe Biden has relentlessly attacked the American consumer by relentlessly attacking oil and gas. Scan this IER list for the more than 150 ways in just 970 days.] Joe Biden and Democrats have a plan for American energy: make it harder
Read More...Natural Gas: The Indispensable Fuel for Energy Security Ed Ireland Energy Economist and Writer at edireland.substack.com … … [Editor’s Note: This is a guest post regarding indispensable natural gas from our friend Ed Ireland at “Thoughts about Energy and Economics.” It is a reader-supported publication, so please go there, “Like” it, share it with friends
Read More...On Thursday evening, the House of Representatives voted in favor of legislation to effectively overturn California’s all-electric vehicle mandate, as Politico Pro reports: “The House approved Republican-backed legislation Thursday taking aim at efforts in California and other states to increase electric vehicle sales. “The ‘Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act,’ H.R. 1435, from Rep. John Joyce
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