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Spring Break Ends and California’s Energy Reality Returns
As the Legislature returns from Spring Break and the policy machinery of Sacramento lurches back to life, CIPA staff has been doing what serious trade associations do in uncertain times: meeting directly with lawmakers and their offices, pressing the case for practical reforms, and making sure California’s independent oil producers are not treated like an afterthought in a state that still depends on oil every single day
Apr 62 min read
CBS Finally Says the Quiet Part Out Loud on California Gas Prices
In a notable break from the usual political script, CBS News has now reported what California’s independent producers, refiners, and fuel market observers have been saying for years: the state’s punishing gasoline prices are not explained by a neatly packaged theory of illegal “price gouging.”
Apr 64 min read
New Bill Continues Anti-Oil Hype Based on False Science
AB 1725 by Assemblymember Jessica Caloza is further hyperbole against phantom dangers of living near an oil well
Mar 302 min read
Northeastern Governors Turn to Natural Gas as California Keeps Trying to Shut It
In a development rich with political irony, several Northeastern Democratic governors are moving toward a more pragmatic energy posture, even as California’s political class continues to treat natural gas as a villain.
Mar 303 min read
Even Democrats Are Warning CARB: Cap-and-Invest Changes Could Make California’s Fuel Crisis Worse
California’s increasingly aggressive Cap-and-Invest agenda is no longer drawing concern only from refiners and consumer advocates
Mar 303 min read
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