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Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan Launch Open Season for Western Gateway Pipeline

October 30, 2025 10:14 amOctober 30, 2025 10:14 am

Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan announced a binding open season this week for the Western Gateway Pipeline, a proposed 1,300-mile system to transport refined petroleum products from Texas refineries to markets in Arizona, Nevada, and California. A binding open season...

The Great ‘Zero-Carbon Renewables’ Deception

July 21, 2025 11:13 amJuly 21, 2025 11:23 am

Simple narratives are employed to seduce a populace, and none is more seductive today than the promise of “carbon-free” energy. In California, a state often touted as a green pioneer, Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated an “achievement” whose announcement was free...

Ringside: California’s Indispensable Heavy Oil

June 5, 2025 3:10 amJune 5, 2025 3:11 am

The moral argument for resuming oil drilling in California is simple: the state still relies on petroleum for fifty percent of its annual energy inputs, and until we can overcome that reliance, we should be producing it here, where it’s subject...

Politicians Vote to Take Your Rights; We’re Going to Court to Get Them Back

April 21, 2025 2:45 amApril 21, 2025 2:46 am

Everyone in California looks forward to a clean energy future, and we need environmentally compliant and labor-friendly California-produced petroleum to get there. The anti-oil agenda of certain California politicians and the legislation they sponsor is bad policy. It is a...

California’s ‘New Normal:’ PG&E Power Shut Offs on Windy Days

October 12, 2021 8:32 amApril 3, 2022 7:58 am

Thousands of Californians were without power Monday due to high winds, according to a PG&E alert. PG&E’s alert says: “A Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) occurs in response to severe weather to help prevent a wildfire. A severe weather system...

California’s Perfect Storm: Hot Weather, Low Reservoirs, Diminished Hydro Power, Unreliable Renewable Energy

July 22, 2021 2:15 amJuly 22, 2021 8:12 am

Last week, Californians learned that Pacific Gas and Electric told state utility regulators that a damaged fuse box from a one of their power lines could be responsible for starting the large Dixie Fire currently burning in the Sierra Nevada...

California Gas Prices Surging Above $4.00 Per Gallon. Again.

May 3, 2021 2:16 amMay 4, 2021 3:41 pm

After filling up my gas tank Sunday, I was stunned at the total – $92.79. That’s because gas prices in California are rapidly climbing again, as they did in 2019. Sunday’s gas was $4.19 for Regular Unleaded, $4.29 for Unleaded,...