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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...

Ringside: Newsom’s Concessions to Oil Industry Will Not Save It

October 1, 2025 2:55 amOctober 1, 2025 2:56 am

Access to adequate supplies of gasoline and diesel fuel for Californians is in dire peril, and the signing of SB 237 on September 19 will do very little to change that. To rescue the industry, far more sweeping legislation is required. First,...

Gov. Newsom and Democrats Send Another CA Business Packing: In-N-Out is Out

July 21, 2025 2:56 amJuly 21, 2025 6:23 am

California ranks dead last once again in Chief Executive Magazine’s Best & Worst States For Business 2025. Tennessee ranks #1 once again, and now “The Volunteer State” is getting another of California’s oldest and one of the best known businesses...

What California Could Be if Our Politicians Loved the State and its People

July 14, 2025 2:55 amJuly 15, 2025 6:52 pm

Just imagine if the California Governor and California Legislature loved California as much as the people do. Imagine if they also loved the state’s abundant natural resources, rather than imposing harsh restrictions and locking them away. California is rich in...

Steve Hilton’s Plan for Cutting Gas Prices and Creating Affordable Energy

July 1, 2025 4:39 pmJuly 2, 2025 4:28 pm

Today, July 1, 2025, AAA reports that the national average for a gallon of regular grade gas is $3.178. California’s average for a gallon of regular gas is $4.581. California’s average for a gallon of mid-grade gas is $4.807. California’s...

California’s Oil and Gas Industry Provides $338 Billion Reasons to Support

April 28, 2025 9:00 amApril 30, 2025 2:52 pm

What a difference a presidential administration makes. In “Welcome to Saudi America,” economist Stephen Moore writes, “Thanks to the fracking and horizontal drilling revolution, the U.S. has retaken the lead in global oil production. In 15 years, domestic oil production...

Valero Energy Announces Plans to Exit California, Incurs $1.1 Billion Charges to Refinery Operations

April 16, 2025 5:50 pmApril 16, 2025 5:51 pm

Citing low operating margins, increased operating costs and a growingly harsh regulatory environment, including a state mandated moratorium on the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035, and in the wake of an $85 million fine related to “egregious...