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

April 28, 2025 9:00 amApril 28, 2025 10:55 am

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...

President Trump Targets California’s Overreaching Cap and Trade Program

April 10, 2025 11:35 amApril 10, 2025 12:12 pm

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that targets California’s climate change laws and policies, specifically naming California’s sketchy Cap and Trade program, which ostensibly facilitates greenhouse gas emission reductions. Trump is promoting “all of the above” energy policy,...

Workwear Apparel Giant Dickies Announces Surprise HQ Move to California From Texas

November 21, 2024 4:55 pmNovember 21, 2024 6:23 pm

Dickies, one of the largest workwear companies in the world, made the surprise announcement on Thursday that they will be moving the companies headquarters from Fort Worth, Texas to Costa Mesa in Orange County, doing largely the opposite of what...

Gavin Newsom is Attempting to Play on a Stage Well Above His Pay Grade

November 12, 2024 3:00 amNovember 12, 2024 3:01 am

On the heels of Democrats’ huge presidential loss last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom doubled down on stupid. He doubled down on arrogance, on smug bravado, on foolishness, on indiscrete loony ideas and policies. Perhaps before Newsom gets too full...

Crazies in Climateland Vote to Increase CA Gas Prices by 65¢ per gallon

November 9, 2024 8:57 amNovember 9, 2024 9:06 am

The California Air Resources Board voted Friday to approve new gas regulations which will result in as much as a .65 cent per gallon increase in California’s gas prices. The California Governor, Legislature and State Air Resources Board are working...

California’s Corrupt Air Board and The Great California Shakedown

November 4, 2024 2:55 amNovember 4, 2024 6:54 pm

The California Air Resources Board, which will be voting on new gas regulations Nov. 8th likely resulting in a .65 cent per gallon increase in gas prices, proudly just announced they have issued a massive fine to Valero oil company:...