Energy

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Newsom’s gas price crusade morphs into bid to keep refiners open

A study Gov. Gavin Newsom commissioned describes higher margins oil refiners receive for their products, which become gasoline.

经过 丹·沃尔特斯 • 11 月 14, 2025

环境

LA’s oceanfront power plant is a test of clean-energy ambitions in the new Trump era

The Trump Administration pulled $1.2 billion from California's hydrogen hub. Even without federal funding, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is pressing ahead with clean energy retrofits.

经过 亚历杭德罗·拉佐 • 10 月 28, 2025

环境

Newsom signs climate overhaul, extending cap and trade while boosting oil drilling

A set of laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed today extends California clean-energy programs while taking steps to shore up oil and gas production. It also opens the door to a Western energy grid.

经过 邝婧 和 凯拉·米哈洛维奇 • 9 月 19, 2025

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California faces a self-created oil and gas crisis. Lawmakers should consider these steps next

Newsom’s long-overdue acknowledgement of a pending gasoline crisis — together with the Legislature’s last-minute actions — are a start, but also a piecemeal approach to addressing a critical problem.

By Michael Mische • 9 月 16, 2025

水

California may help solar bloom where water runs dry

The state's farmers are divided over a bill that would loosen rules protecting agricultural land. The goal of a bill proposed by Assembly Democrat Buffy Wicks is to seed solar farms on fallowed fields.

经过 雷切尔贝克尔 • 9 月 11, 2025

气候变化

Why California backed down from forcing landlords to keep residents cool

Lawmakers will again fail to set a safe indoor temperature standard for housing, as builders and tenant advocates battle over the cost of retrofits.

经过 亚历杭德拉·雷耶斯-维拉德 • 8 月 29, 2025

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How California lawmakers can trim up to 20% off consumer electric bills

California legislators have a few more weeks to reform climate and gas credits to lower electricity bills and encourage electric vehicle use.

By Victoria Rome • 8 月 27, 2025

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California’s politicians overlook potential pitfalls in their zeal for new laws

Someone could — and should — write a book about the seemingly countless incidents of adverse consequences in the decrees issued by California legislators and governors.

经过 丹·沃尔特斯 • 8 月 21, 2025

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Newsom, lawmakers short on options to reduce California’s soaring electricity costs

Californians' power costs are among the nation's highest and could keep climbing. There’s precious little Newsom and legislators can do about it since they face chronic budget deficits.

经过 丹·沃尔特斯 • 8 月 14, 2025

政治

California cut coal from its energy supply. Why it might plug back into fossil fuels

For years, California refused to create a Western mega energy market over concerns about fossil fuels and union jobs. But now, the idea is closer than ever.

经过 亚历杭德罗·拉佐 和 邝婧 • 8 月 6, 2025