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Ringside: Reversing California’s Policies of Scarcity

January 8, 2026 3:55 amJanuary 8, 2026 3:56 am

A new year has begun, and here in California, 2026 promises to deliver challenges that may at last transform the state’s energy and water policies. Let’s begin with a quick look at California’s current water policies in action. The last month...

California’s Higher Gas Prices Are a Policy Choice, Not an Accident

January 7, 2026 2:55 amJanuary 7, 2026 8:29 am

Before the end of the year, the California Independent Petroleum Association sent a blunt message to the California Energy Commission: California’s oil industry is approaching a breaking point, and state inaction risks higher gas prices, supply disruptions, and deeper economic...

Podcast: Has California’s Oil and Gas Industry Hit the Point of No Return?

December 9, 2025 2:58 amDecember 9, 2025 2:59 am

Following my article “Has California’s Oil and Gas Industry Hit the Point of No Return?” where we lay out how Gov. Newsom is single handedly sending California into energy poverty, rather than economic and energy prosperity, Stuart Turley, President of...

Ringside: EVs and California’s Future Demand for Electricity

December 4, 2025 3:10 amDecember 4, 2025 3:11 am

When it comes to the achievement of “carbon neutrality” and the requisite energy policies to get there, few choices carry with them more consequences than the planned, nearly total electrification of our economy. And when it comes to electrification, few...

New Report Warns Consequences of an Oil Pipeline Shutdown Would ‘Cascade Across the State’

December 2, 2025 2:55 amDecember 4, 2025 10:58 am

“Has California’s Oil And Gas Industry Hit The Point Of No Return?” the California Globe asked Monday, after learning from a long time oil and gas expert that the state may actually have crossed a line too far to claw...

Has California’s Oil and Gas Industry Hit the Point of No Return?

December 1, 2025 3:00 amDecember 2, 2025 6:29 am

Most California residents recognize that California’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices are self-inflected, as is the gasoline crisis in the state. This has subsequently increased dependency on foreign oil suppliers and shippers to supply fuels, and as we reported recently, this poses...

Newsom Makes a Big About-Face with Big Oil

October 31, 2025 3:30 amOctober 31, 2025 3:31 am

As he considers a run for the White House, California Governor Gavin Newsom may finally be realizing that he has created a major problem for himself and his party. It’s an issue others acknowledge could become a massive political liability...