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Exclusive: The top Republican in California’s Senate praised the Trump administration for intervening to restart the “oil and gold mine” in the Golden State, which had previously opposed particularly the project Senator Adam Schiff The main pipeline has been closed since 2015.
“California sits on the oil and gold mine, but Democratic politicians continue to block responsible production,” Sen. Brian Jones of San Diego told Fox News Digital.
“Instead, they chose to import oil from foreign countries with weak labor protection and poor environmental standards.”
As Fox News Digital reports, Ministry of the Interior In recent days, the Santa Ynez unit in the Pacific production area has reopened, with an estimated 190 million barrels of recyclable oil potential online.
Senator Adam Schiff, left, California Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones, right (Getty; Reuters)
Schiff, and Rep. Health KarbajarD-Calif. It has previously opposed revisiting the project, citing concerns caused by the Refugio oil spill a decade ago.
“(w) Trump administration expands oil drilling Schiff and Carbajal wrote to the government, including everywhere in the sea in California, including gut policies and institutions that protect our environment and address the ongoing climate crisis. ” Gavin Newsom Earlier this year.
“It is known that fossil fuel-driven climate change has severely affected California and laid the foundation for unprecedented disasters, just like the ones we have in Los Angeles,” they said.
It is now a time for states that once were the industry’s top corporate hub to reopen their energy reserves, Jones said.
Chevron recently moved most of its operations out of San Ramon outside Oakland and moved to Texas.
Valero, just a few miles from I-680, announced the closure or restructuring of large refineries with 145,000 barrels of oil per day. Valero will finalize its plans by April 2026.
Jones said California must put workers and the environment first, echoing other top Republicans who want to stay in their jobs and businesses.
California’s gasoline tax remains the highest in the United States, with Illinois and Pennsylvania lagging behind.
Newsom said he focused on solving market problems to make gasoline more affordable and ensure reliable fuel use.
In a recent letter Regarding the California Energy Commission, Newsom said his administration “has made great progress in addressing peaks and violations” and pointed to global energy uncertainty.
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He also accused the president of Donald Trump’s The government has added “more uncertainty and instability to the global economy” to the global economy – the oil industry is on the frontline of this market turbulence.”
“For years, refineries have been reorganizing, transitioning, consolidating and closing across the country,” he said, noting that in what he called the company’s shift to “decarbonization and sustainability goals), he noted that the Linden Basel refinery in Houston was closed in January in Houston.
California parliamentary minority leader James Gallagher of Yuba, the second Republican in Golden State, rejected the claim.
“He didn’t solve this problem,” Gallagher said in a recent statement.
