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US Oil & Gas Association Slams Nevada AG Aaron Ford for Hypocrisy on Soaring Gas Prices

March 30, 2026 8:49 amMarch 30, 2026 8:49 am

The US Oil & Gas Association (USOGA) sharply criticized Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford for blaming high gas prices on an “Iran War that Trump started” while suing the Trump administration to preserve California-style federal regulations that are driving...

California’s Oil and Gas Crisis: Expert Warns of Full Scope of the Potential Danger

March 28, 2026 5:30 amMarch 30, 2026 9:07 am

“An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.” ~ Sun Tzu Nearly two weeks ago President Donald Trump announced he was invoking the Defense Production Act, and ordered the override of California...

EPA Announces Nationwide E15 Fuel Waiver, Delivers Relief at the Pump for Western States

March 25, 2026 1:38 pmMarch 25, 2026 2:09 pm

In a decisive move to combat rising fuel prices and strengthen America’s energy independence, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced today a nationwide emergency waiver for E15 and E10 ethanol-blended fuels. The action, effective May 1, 2026, removes seasonal restrictions on...

Sacramento’s Idea of a Transition

March 19, 2026 1:12 pmMarch 19, 2026 1:16 pm

In 1991, California had more than forty refineries. By the end of 2026, it will have fewer than eleven. Of those, only five are large enough to matter. Phillips 66 shuttered its 147,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles refinery in December. Valero’s Benicia...

CA Senate Enviro Committee Democrats Kill Gas Tax Relief Bill

March 18, 2026 3:31 pmMarch 18, 2026 3:40 pm

Wednesday in the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee, Democrats killed Senate Bill 1035 by Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach), which would have provided immediate relief for California drivers at the gas pump by lowering the price of a gallon of...

Sen. Niello Bill Would Require CA Air Resources Board to Analyze Cost-of-Living Impacts of its Regulations

March 18, 2026 10:11 amMarch 18, 2026 10:11 am

Senator Roger Niello (R-Sacramento) has authored a California Air Resource Board bill to require the Board to explicitly analyze cost-of-living impacts when considering imposing major regulations, including effects on gasoline, electricity, groceries, housing construction, and business costs. We know that...

President Trump Invokes Emergency Law to Restart California Offshore Oil

March 14, 2026 12:25 pmMarch 16, 2026 4:25 pm

President Donald J. Trump has the authority to restart an oil pipeline project off the Santa Barbara coast by invoking the Defense Production Act, the Department of Justice said last week in a legal opinion, to override California laws blocking...