Newsom’s Climate War On Oil Backfires, Deepening California’s Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis
The climate crusader-in-chief is panicking as his policies drive energy prices through the roof.
by Steve Williams September 29, 2025, 2:18 PM
For years, Gavin Newsom and California Democrats have paraded themselves as the gold standard of the climate left. They attacked oil companies, blocked permits, and sued the very industry that keeps the state running. [emphasis, links added]
They cheered refinery shutdowns, piled on taxes and regulations, and left families paying record-high gas prices.
Now that energy costs have soared and the electrical grid teeters on the brink, Newsom is scrambling to backpedal and pretend he can fix the very crisis he and his allies on the Left created.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/newsom-climate-war-oil-backfires-california-energy-crisis/
