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Ringside: Can Oil Industry Lawsuits Compel Rational Energy Policy?

May 7, 2026 7:00 amMay 7, 2026 7:01 am

When asked in a recent interview why California has the highest gasoline prices in the nation, Jodie Muller, the President of the Western States Petroleum Association, began by stating the following: “You can’t point a finger at one particular person, because,...

Ringside: Why Producing More Oil In California HELPS the Environment

April 15, 2026 4:00 pmApril 15, 2026 4:01 pm

With war in the Middle East disrupting shipments of crude oil, we have another reason to question policies that are driving our in-state oil industry into terminal decline. To briefly recap, Californians consumed 484 million barrels of oil in 2025, with...

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...

Naturally, CA Dems Blame Fire Damage on Climate Change, Blame Oil Companies

January 28, 2025 1:54 pmJanuary 29, 2025 6:13 am

You knew this was coming. California’s Democrat legislators presented a bill Monday to allow insurers and homeowners impacted by the Los Angeles fires to sue oil companies for their losses. Senate Bill 222 aims to blame the fires on climate...

Ringside: The Numbers Behind CARB’s Goal of ‘Net Zero’

August 30, 2024 6:00 amAugust 30, 2024 6:43 am

Nearly every analysis of energy policy in California, to the extent it delves into the numbers, tends to focus on one variable, CO2. But if you’re just trying to figure out how much energy we use today, where it’s coming...

Ringside: Floating Offshore Wind – An Environmental Catastrophe

August 22, 2024 4:00 pmAugust 22, 2024 4:23 pm

Last week we examined California’s plans to install between 2,500 and 10,000 floating offshore wind turbines approximately 20 miles off the coast of San Luis Obispo and Humboldt counties. The estimated cost to install 25 gigawatts of capacity, which equates...

Ringside: Floating Offshore Wind – A Financial Catastrophe

August 15, 2024 2:08 pmAugust 15, 2024 2:08 pm

When it comes to looming financial and environmental catastrophes, nothing can compare to floating offshore wind. It is energy policy at its worst. In an analysis earlier this year (WC #36), using cost estimates published by a European energy consulting firm, I...