Letters to the Editor: Is Anyone Surprised that Oil Refineries Are Leaving California?

Letters to the Editor: Is anyone surprised that oil refineries are leaving California?

'Many years ago, Democrats in the Legislature pretended to be petroleum engineers and designed a funky political kind of gasoline not used by the other 49 states'

California is sunsetting oil refineries without a plan for what's next

Within the past year, two major California oil refineries have announced plans to shutter — moves that will pull about one quarter of a million barrels from the state’s daily supply of gasoline. For a state that has been a standard-bearer in the push to get off fossil fuels, this might seem like a win. Instead, it’s caught political leaders off guard, unprepared, and scrambling to keep open the very facilities they once villainized.  The Phillip…

California is sunsetting oil refineries without a plan for what’s next

Within the past year, two major California oil refineries have announced plans to shutter - moves that will pull about one quarter of a million barrels from the state's daily supply of gasoline. For a state that has been a standard-bearer in the push to get off fossil fuels, this might seem like a win. Instead, it's caught political leaders off guard, unprepared, and scrambling to keep open the very facilities they once villainized. The Phillips…