“Exploiting a personal tragedy to promote politicized climate tort litigation is contrary to law, science, and common sense. The court should add this far-fetched claim to the growing list of…
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The Faux Science of Outlawing Fossil Fuels
In summary, the authors use unvalidated computer models, opinions and assumptions and specious economic correlations to calculate down to two decimal places a climate liability for Chevron of $1.98 trillion…
Gavin Newsom Begs Regulators To Keep Refineries In Biz After California Dems Ran Industry Out Of Town
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking a state regulator to try to keep oil refineries in business in the state after Democrats spent years targeting the industry with aggressive…
From Refineries to Fiefdoms: Is Newsom Orchestrating a State Takeover of California’s Oil Industry?
California’s refining capacity is collapsing—not because demand has disappeared, but because it is being deliberately dismantled by regulatory fiat. The recent announcement that Valero Energy will idle or shutter its…
California’s Dangerous Path: Oil Refinery Takeovers and the Coming Supply Crisis
California’s energy policies have been walking a tightrope for years, but now, the state is contemplating an extreme measure that could tip it into full-blown crisis mode: taking over oil…
Industry Appeals Judicial Effort To Shut Down Offshore Oil
Oil industry appeals ruling “threatening to halt new and existing oil and natural gas production and activity in the” Gulf of Mexico.
Gov. Gavin Newsom Wants Mandate for Oil Companies to Create Stockpile of Gasoline
The petroleum industry has pushed back, saying the mandate would hurt consumers.v
California Sets New Rule for Chevron, Gas Price Is Expected to Rise | Ronald Stein
California has made reducing oil production and dependence on foreign imports a priority. However, Stein notes this has unintended consequences, like lost revenue for cities and increased costs passed onto…
Major Energy Companies Ask SCOTUS To Intervene in Hawaii Climate Lawsuit
…arising in every climate-change case: whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on the global climate,”…
Oil Giant’s Massive Impairment Could Be The Latest Sign Of Trouble For California’s Economy, Experts Say
Two decades of policy choices have reduced supply elasticity and severely limited refiners’ ability to react to higher prices,
Judge Blocks Biden’s Unlawful Lease Sale Restriction
Oil & gas industry defeats Biden administration in court… Again.
Oil Industry Executives Smack Down House Democrats in Congressional Hearing
Guest “Is flunking math a prerequisite for Democrat politicians?” by David Middleton These cretins actually called the hearing, “Gouged at the Gas Station and America’s Pain at the Pump”… Big…
“Courts, customers and Wall Street delivered rebukes to Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Shell”… Oh my!
Guest “it just doesn’t get any dumber than this” by David Middleton ‘Powerful signal’: In a single day, Big Oil suffers historic blows on climateCourts, customers and Wall Street delivered…
Governor Newsom Silently Supports Importing Aviation Fuels To Northern California.
The BAAQMD’s local actions that will not only cause significant issues for the viability of Bay Area refineries, but it will also impact our national security and impose higher energy…
“Arctic air freezes Permian shale fields”… Fake news?
Guest “how to spot fake news” by David Middleton Reporting from Ice Station Dallas Fake news isn’t necessarily false or untrue. U.S. oil output plunges as Arctic air freezes Permian…
BP and Chevron: A Difference in Style or Substance?
In the high road of the climate crusade, marked by corporate brochures extolling social responsibility and environmental sustainability, BP was first past the post among the big oil majors.
Chevron’s Answer to Climate Change: Drill, Baby, Drill!
Guest “this is fracking hilarious” by David Middleton Chevron’s Answer to Climate Change Is to Keep Drilling for OilThe energy giant believes it can still wring years of profits from…
City and County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP et al.
From Gelbspan Files Politicians in Hawaii were threatening to sue Big Energy companies last November for damages from the effects of man-caused global warming. As seen in their press release…
Chevron’s $10B Impairment: “another symptom of peak oil demand and the demise of the oil industry”?
Guest oil patch news by David Middleton Chevron recently announced that it would take a $10-11 billion charge against net earnings in Q4 2019, largely due to its exposure to…
Breaking up is haaarrdd to do oo
San Fran looks to wean itself off Kern County oil revenues Act One From Bakersfield.com BY JOHN COX Aug 3, 2019 For decades, the gift Alfred Fuhrman bestowed on his…
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