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Tag: California Energy Commission

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...
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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...
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Ringside: Is Biodiesel Sustainable?

October 9, 2025   2:55 amOctober 9, 2025   2:56 am
For the most part, California’s farmers grow food, not fuel. But the fuel required to operate farm equipment is diesel fuel, increasingly refined from food grown on America’s great plains. Digging into this reveals a rabbit hole of such depth...
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Californians Choosing Between Gas or Groceries, Utility Bills or Rent

August 11, 2025   7:53 amAugust 12, 2025   6:26 am
How is it possible that in California, hard-working families must choose between gas or groceries, utility bills or rent? The average cost for a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. today is $3.138. California’s cost for that same gallon...
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Ringside: One Way to Avoid Gasoline Lines in 2026

July 18, 2025   2:38 amJuly 19, 2025   7:34 am
It’s well known by now that California’s refinery capacity is stretched to the limit. The state’s total crude oil consumption last year was 1.40 million barrels per day, with daily refinery capacity at 1.62 million barrels per day. When accounting for downtime...
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Misleading: Gov. Newsom Claims CA is 67% Clean Energy Despite State Agencies Reporting Otherwise

July 14, 2025   4:11 pmJuly 14, 2025   4:11 pm
According to new data released on Monday by the California Energy Commission (CEC), 67% of the state’s total energy now comes from clean sources, with hydro and nuclear energy both playing a larger than anticipated role in keeping that figure...
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Ringside: California’s Indispensable Heavy Oil

June 5, 2025   3:10 amJune 5, 2025   3:11 am
The moral argument for resuming oil drilling in California is simple: the state still relies on petroleum for fifty percent of its annual energy inputs, and until we can overcome that reliance, we should be producing it here, where it’s subject...
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