California Independent Petroleum Association – Page 2

After Battering Oil/Gas Industry, Gavin Newsom Wants California Oil Refineries to Stay Open

April 26, 2025 2:55 amApril 28, 2025 6:22 am

In 1988, the state of California only imported about 4.5% of all the oil that we consumed in our state. By 2020 we were importing over 70%. California Democrats’ war on the oil and gas industry is working, but not...

California Governor Creating Energy Poverty with 3,200-foot Setbacks Around Oil and Gas Wells

April 17, 2025 12:01 pmApril 19, 2025 9:25 am

As of 2024, more than 1 out of 6 households, or 21.12 million Americans are behind in energy bill payments. In California, energy poverty is real and pushes people further down into poverty. The Globe reported Wednesday on a new...

Valero Announces it Will Shut Down Benicia Refinery April 2026

April 16, 2025 12:39 pmApril 17, 2025 12:05 pm

California Democrats’ war on the oil and gas industry is working, but not for the people. In another blow to California’s oil and gas industry, and the state’s fuel; supply, Valero Energy Corporation announced Wednesday it will shut down its...

Sen. Wiener Bill to hold ‘Big Oil’ Responsible for California’s Natural Disasters Killed

April 10, 2025 7:00 amApril 10, 2025 7:02 am

California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill in February to hold “Big Oil” responsible for natural disasters in California. You read that right – Senator Wiener is blaming the oil and gas industry for natural disasters, or disasters...

Busybody Lawmaker Tells LA Dodgers to End Their Sponsorship Deals with Oil Companies

March 12, 2025 7:18 amMarch 13, 2025 8:29 am

Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) sent the Los Angles Dodgers a letter Tuesday telling them to end their sponsorship deals with oil companies. “As the Senate Majority Leader, representative for California’s 33rd Senate District, and a lifelong Dodgers...

Bogus ACTBLUE Poll for Senator Wiener’s Bill to hold ‘Big Oil’ Responsible for California’s Natural Disasters

February 26, 2025 2:55 amFebruary 26, 2025 9:16 pm

California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a new bill to hold “Big Oil” responsible for natural disasters in California. Sen. Wiener proclaimed that “The fossil fuel industry is fueling climate change,” and then announced Senate Bill 222 to force...

Sen Wiener’s Bill to Hold ‘Big Oil’ Responsible for Natural Disasters Includes ‘Disinformation’ Punishment

January 28, 2025 4:06 pmJanuary 28, 2025 4:50 pm

Sen Scott Wiener’s new bill to hold “Big Oil” responsible for natural disasters has a Minority Report type of clause in it – punishment for speaking “misinformation or disinformation” about “the connection between its fossil fuel products and climate change...