Big Oil spends millions to block climate action in California
February 25, 2025 – On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we discuss a new analysis by Last Chance Alliance that shows the Oil and gas […] READ MORE →
Advocates Applaud Introduction of Groundbreaking Climate Superfund Bill
February 21, 2025 – New Legislation to Hold Big Polluters Accountable for California’s Climate Damage SACRAMENTO —Environmental and social justice advocates are applauding the introduction of the Polluters […] READ MORE →
Big Oil Smashes Annual Lobbying Spend Records to Combat Climate Justice Policy in 2024
February 4, 2025 – February 4, 2025 — Oil and gas companies spent more money fighting California’s environmental justice and climate policies in 2024 than ever before. Lobbying […] READ MORE →
Trump Tours CA Wildfires, As Climate Justice Groups Call Out Devastation of “Drill Baby Drill” Agenda
January 24, 2025 – Experts say that California’s “climate whiplash,” which contributed to the devastating wildfires which ravaged communities across Los Angeles County this month, is a result […] READ MORE →
A Decade of Deception Exposed: New Report on Big Oil’s Front Groups in California
November 19, 2024 – SACRAMENTO, CA – A new exposé reveals how the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the oil industry’s most powerful lobbying group in California, has […] READ MORE →
Big Oil Shatters Spending Records in California: $31.4 Million in 2024 with One Quarter to Go
November 5, 2024 – Aiming to fend off polluter accountability and anti-price gouging measures, the oil industry has now spent $56.8 million in the 2023-2024 legislative session so […] READ MORE →
Kern County Approves California’s First Carbon Capture Project Amid Public Outcry
October 23, 2024 – BAKERSFIELD, CA — In a decision that climate advocates and local residents say will undermine California’s hard-fought climate progress, the Kern County Board of […] READ MORE →
Q2 Lobbying: Big Oil On Record Annual Spending Pace Fighting Polluter Accountability Bills
August 12, 2024 – Chevron represented 49% of industry’s $8.3M expenditure, as company landing permits in setbacks zone on day setbacks referendum pulled rises in ranks. Sacramento, […] READ MORE →
California Oil Regulator Refuses to Enforce New Climate Justice Laws, Groups Urge Governor Newsom to Step In
July 18, 2024 – SACRAMENTO, CA — In response to Californians’ growing demand for climate action, state lawmakers have recently passed some of the most robust laws in […] READ MORE →
California’s Historic Environmental Justice Law Is Restored: Advocates Celebrate No New Oil Drilling in Neighborhoods
July 2, 2024 – SACRAMENTO, CA – The state law to end new oil drilling in neighborhoods and install strict pollution controls at existing oil and gas sites […] READ MORE →