Big Oil Spent $10 million Lobbying California Officials in 2020 Details
ENERGY POLITICS-The powerful oil industry lobby in California in 2020 spent less on lobbying in California than it did in 2019,
but still managed to defeat legislation it opposed and getting CalGEM, the state’s gas and oil regulatory agency, to double the number of new oil production well permits approved in the state.
The top four oil industry lobbyist employers the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), Chevron, Aera Energy and California Resources Corporation spent $10,192,047 lobbying the Governor’s Office, Legislature and regulatory agencies to advance Big Oil’s agenda in 2020, according to data posted on the California Secretary of State’s website by February 1.
Billy Clardy III Act would leave wiretapping approval for drug investigations up to the state
Billy Clardy III Act would leave wiretapping approval for drug investigations up to the state By Caroline Klapp | February 4, 2021 at 9:53 PM CST - Updated February 4 at 10:34 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A bill aimed at protecting the badge has taken a step forward in Alabama legislature.
House Bill 17 would make it to where officers could get permission on the state level instead of having to go through the federal government to use wire taping technology in drug trafficking investigations.
The bill is named after the STAC Agent, Billy Clardy III.
Published on December 28th, 2020
The Fractracker Alliance has just published a new study on the potential impacts of health and safety setbacks and environmental justice in California revealing that over 2 million people, mostly low income and people of color, live within 2,500′ of oil and gas infrastructure.
By Dan Bacher
The report, People and Production: Reducing Risk in California Extraction, makes a number of conclusions, including recommending a setback of at least one mile between oil and gas wells and homes, schools, based on the peer reviewed literature.
Kyle Ferrar, MPH with the Fractracker Alliance, writes in the report’s executive summary: