oil and gas

国会大厦

Should public pensions invest in Uber and Lyft? Sure, says the man who pushed to divest in guns

John Chiang says California's public pensions should stay invested in Uber and Lyft to improve worker benefits.

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Judy Lin

• 5 月 20, 2019

California voters will decide whether to repeal a 12-cent-per-gallon gas tax being used to finance construction and repairs for roads and highways.

When oil industry supports legislators, air quality suffers

One would expect to see growing devotion by the Democratic-led California Legislature to do more to help Californians access electric cars and cut pollution from delivery trucks. Instead, the California Assembly, specifically its transportation committee, has been the graveyard for legislation designed to help advance zero-emission vehicles.

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嘉宾评论

• 4 月 22, 2019

时事通讯

Newsom’s wildfire plan, fracking fight and a forced resignation

Newsom to unveil wildfire plan, state's relationship with oil and gas industries could be headed for a breakup, South Coast Air Quality board member resigns

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Dan Morain

• 4 月 12, 2019

Fracking site: Scientists don’t fully understand all the chemicals used in the practice or how they interact with one another, a state report says. Photo by grandriver/istockphotos

环境

Activists want California to ban fracking. What does Gov. Newsom want?

Dozens of California counties and cities ban fracking, even where there is no oil drilling. About 20% of California oil comes from fracked wells.

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朱莉·卡特

• 4 月 11, 2019

Assemblyman Rudy Salas' 2016 vote giving overtime pay to farmworkers has prompted the agriculture industry to target him with campaign ads.

选举

He voted for farm worker overtime. Farm interests try to make him pay

Agricultural interests have poured $420,000 in recent days into a push to unseat Bakersfield Democrat Rudy Salas Jr., over his vote in 2016 for a landmark bill that grants farm workers overtime.

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Dan Morain

• 10 月 24, 2018