Poll Shows Strong Majority of Voters Don’t Buy Newsom’s ‘Price Gouging’ Lies

For years, the governor has chosen to play politics, pushing a false talking point instead of pursuing market solutions to high gas prices. Fortunately, his constituents aren’t buying it.

Report: Blame Politicians, Not Oil Companies, for California’s High Gas Prices >

Economists criticize state energy policies and dismiss Newsom’s price gouging claims as “conspiracy theories inconsistent with economic logic and the available data.”

TAGS: Affordability, Fact Checks, Foreign Oil, Production Shutdown

Apr 05, 2024

Breaking Down the Gas Pricing Data the LA Times Rejects as Propaganda >

Last year, Governor Newsom signed a law requiring oil companies to disclose costs and profit margins to the California Energy Commission. Here’s what it shows.

TAGS: Affordability, Fact Checks

Apr 03, 2024

Rejecting Experts and Government Data, LA Times Joins Newsom’s Gas Price Scapegoating Act >

What was once California’s most respected newspaper now amplifies attacks against oil companies.

TAGS: Affordability, Fact Checks, Reliability of Energy Supply

Jan 16, 2024

ICYMI: Consumer Watchdog’s Faulty Alert Narrative Displays Energy Ignorance >

The group ignores how relying fully on oil imports would require port upgrades and refinery modifications that would cost consumers billions.

TAGS: Affordability, Fact Checks, Foreign Oil, Production Shutdown

Dec 05, 2023

FACT CHECK: New Sierra Club Report Pushes False Narrative on Idle Wells >

The report’s faulty claims ignore key facts about California’s idle well management programs, making it an unreliable source that policymakers should reject.

TAGS: Fact Checks

Mar 14, 2023

Three Things Newsom Should Learn from the Special Session Hearing >

The governor’s refinery tax scheme and false price gouging narratives received heavy criticism from experts at their debut hearing.

TAGS: Affordability, Fact Checks, Reliability of Energy Supply

Mar 13, 2023

Governor Newsom Pretends Special Session Hearing Wasn’t a Total Failure >

Experts and legislators criticized the governor’s incomplete refinery tax proposal at its debut hearing.

TAGS: Affordability, Fact Checks, Reliability of Energy Supply

Feb 24, 2023

Sacramento Bee Offers Misleading Fact Check of New CEI Ad >

The Bee did not refute any of the data used and ignored the bigger picture on how foreign oil imports mean higher gas prices for working families.

TAGS: Fact Checks, Foreign Oil, Production Shutdown, Reliability of Energy Supply

Feb 14, 2023

No, Kern County Does Not ‘Welcome’ Newsom’s Anti-Oil Agenda >

A Politico article ignores how Kern County has long fought to maintain local oil production as Newsom’s policies push the state to rely heavily on foreign imports.

TAGS: Energy Extremists, Fact Checks, Foreign Oil, Local Support for Oil & Gas, Production Shutdown, Strongest Regulations in the World

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