Energy

A wide view of a refinery location on a clear day with various structures, including distillation columns, as smoke is released into the air.

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With Californians paying sky-high gas prices, now’s not the time for new oil regulations

Proposed changes to state climate law may boost gas-pump prices by up to $1 a gallon by 2030. Also more refineries and jobs may leave California.

By Tony Strickland • 3월 31, 2026

A Shell gas station price sign displays the cost of regular, plus, V-Power gasoline, and renewable diesel. A car is parked near the pumps beneath the station canopy in the background.

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California passed a law to curb spikes in gas prices. Why isn’t it using those powers now?

California built a first-in-the-nation system to police refinery profits during price spikes. Regulators delayed it for five years.

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알레한드로 라조

• 3월 13, 2026

An illuminated gas station price sign displays the cost of regular, plus, and premium gasoline for cash and credit. The bright digital numbers stand out against a dark background.

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As gas prices soar, California’s new carbon emission rules prompt a war of words

With some California gas prices topping $5 a gallon, anything that pushes prices even higher, like emissions crackdowns, will become a political football.

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댄 월터스

• 3월 12, 2026

An aerial view shows a large data center complex surrounded by warehouses and industrial buildings in a dense urban area. The main structure has a white facade with vertical window slits and a flat roof filled with cooling units, pipes, and mechanical equipment.

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California’s data centers should be models of affordable, clean electricity

With thoughtful planning, California can gain new data centers in ways that benefit ratepayers, improve grid reliability and minimize environmental harms.

By Sam Uden and Matthew Freedman • 3월 11, 2026

Two people wearing hard hats work along the various tubes at a natural gas power plant.

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California’s new governor must hold down clean energy costs, drive innovation

In polls voters say they want a cleaner energy future — but not if it wrecks jobs, doubles their bills or pushes out California’s middle class.

By Tracy Hernandez • 3월 4, 2026

A natural gas pipeline in Chino Hills State Park on April 21, 2021. Photo by Lucy Nicholson, REUTERS

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California should help neighborhoods in need ‘decarbonize,’ leave natural gas

Regulators can approve up to 30 neighborhood decarbonization zones. Will poorer neighborhoods get first shot at climate saving energy options?

By Jalal Awan • 3월 3, 2026

The reflection of people as they stand and mingle during a town hall. A photo of a sign that reads, "No Offshore Oil" is projected onto a screen.

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Santa Barbara judge rules against company that turned to Trump for help restarting pipeline

A Santa Barbara judge tentatively ruled that the Trump administration's intervention wasn't enough to let Sable Offshore restart a pipeline shut after a 2015 oil spill.

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알레한드로 라조

• 2월 26, 2026

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Tom Steyer vows to cut electricity bills by 25%, but experts say the details fall short

California has the second-highest electricity bills in the nation, and no candidate for governor has honed in as much as climate investor Tom Steyer. But is his promise to cut bills 25% realistic?

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진 쿠앙

• 1월 29, 2026