Featured Stories – California Globe

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...

After Battering Oil/Gas Industry, Gavin Newsom Wants California Oil Refineries to Stay Open

April 26, 2025 2:55 amApril 28, 2025 6:22 am

In 1988, the state of California only imported about 4.5% of all the oil that we consumed in our state. By 2020 we were importing over 70%. California Democrats’ war on the oil and gas industry is working, but not...

ALEC’s ‘Rich States, Poor States’ Ranks California 47th in the Nation – Again

April 19, 2025 8:42 amApril 21, 2025 6:47 pm

One of my favorite state rankings publications is out, and unfortunately, California does not have good news… again. The American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC, publishes the annual Rich States, Poor States report, authored by economists Art Laffer, Stephen Moore and...

California Governor Creating Energy Poverty with 3,200-foot Setbacks Around Oil and Gas Wells

April 17, 2025 12:01 pmApril 19, 2025 9:25 am

As of 2024, more than 1 out of 6 households, or 21.12 million Americans are behind in energy bill payments. In California, energy poverty is real and pushes people further down into poverty. The Globe reported Wednesday on a new...

Valero Announces it Will Shut Down Benicia Refinery April 2026

April 16, 2025 12:39 pmApril 17, 2025 12:05 pm

California Democrats’ war on the oil and gas industry is working, but not for the people. In another blow to California’s oil and gas industry, and the state’s fuel; supply, Valero Energy Corporation announced Wednesday it will shut down its...

As Trump Chalks Up Big Wins for the American People, Democrats Hail Bernie Sanders as ‘Fresh’

April 14, 2025 2:45 amApril 15, 2025 12:36 pm

The madness coming from the left is palpable, and is illustrative of desperation. A recent report found that the Left is now more unpopular worldwide than any time since the Cold War. CNN claims that Senator Bernie Sanders’ message of...

Democrats Kill Assemblyman DeMaio’s Voter ID Bill Claiming It Will ‘Restrict Voting Access’

April 9, 2025 2:17 pmApril 10, 2025 11:43 am

On the heels of a Superior Court Judge ruling Monday in favor of the Huntington Beach voter ID law, California Democrats in the Assembly Elections Committee just killed a statewide voter ID bill Wednesday morning by Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San...