Big Oil

Gov. Newsom Has a plan to Prevent Big Oil ‘Profit Spikes’

The proposal would authorize the California Energy Commission or CEC to require that petroleum refiners maintain a minimum fuel reserve…

1 year ago

Barragán, Markey Introduce Bill to Hold Big Oil Accountable for Collusion with OPEC

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) July 24 introduced the Big Oil Collusion…

1 year ago

California Sues Five Big Oil/Gas Companies for Decades of Climate Change Damage

On Saturday, September 15, the State of California sued five of the largest fossil-fuel companies in the world, along with…

2 years ago

Governors Briefs: New Gas Price Gouging Law Signed and $736 M. in Homekey Funds Available to Address Housing, Homelessness

When the law’s new transparency and oversight requirements go into effect at the end of June, the state will begin…

2 years ago

Governors Briefs: Grants For Homeless, Behavioral Health and Big Oil’s Price Gouging Penalty

Excessive refiner margins would be punishable by a civil penalty issued by the California Energy Commission

3 years ago

‘This Is Robbery’: Chevron Profits Quadruple and Exxon’s Double Amid Ukraine Crisis

To combat Big Oil's war profiteering, Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation in March that would impose "a per-barrel tax equal to…

3 years ago

Front Line Workers Protest Outside Trump National Golf Club in PV

By Mark Friedman, Labor Columnist Workers on the front lines battling the coronavirus protested at Trump National Golf Club in Palos…

5 years ago

Deepwater Horizon: BP’s SECOND Blowout–The Secret History

Greg Palast investigates the Deepwater Horizon British Petroleum/Transocean oil rig explosion.

5 years ago