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Let’s make job growth for all Americans our top priority in 2012!
January 4, 2012

California and other western states should resolve to pursue their climate change objectives in ways that don’t put people out of work and don’t pit workers in one industry against workers in other industries. Continue reading


Judge Blocks CA’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
December 29, 2011

U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill has blocked the California Air Resources Board from moving forward with implementation of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.  After a lengthy review of the LCFS, Judge O’Neill concluded the regulation discriminated against crude oil … Continue reading


New Study Raises Concerns About Low Carbon Fuel Standard
December 14, 2011

The California Air Resources Board recently adopted regulatory amendments to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), affirming its commitment to the climate-change program. Although WSPA has not opposed the goals of the LCFS, which requires a 10 percent reduction … Continue reading


Petroleum Industry Creates jobs for Californians
August 15, 2011

WSPA recently hired Purvin & Gertz Inc. to update our petroleum industry economic impact analysis for California.  The results are now in and, as expected, the study shows the petroleum industry is a major source of high paying jobs. The … Continue reading


Public Pension Funds Gain from Oil Industry Investments
July 15, 2011

A recent study commissioned by API shows California’s two large public employee pension funds have major holdings in oil and natural gas companies and those holdings provide substantial returns to the funds and their beneficiaries. Investments in oil and natural … Continue reading




WSPA Energy News

Energy Facts
  1. 64.7 million gallons – Amount of gasoline consumed every day in the western US (excluding Alaska)
  2. 21 million gallons – Amount of diesel fuel consumed every day in the western US (excluding Alaska) 
  3. Crude oil costs drive retail gasoline prices - Crude oil costs comprise between half and three-fourths of the cost of a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. 
  4. More than 510,000 jobs in the western United States, with a payroll of more than $27 billion, depend on the petroleum industry 
A Message from WSPA

Let’s make job growth for all Americans our top priority in 2012!

California and other western states should resolve to pursue their climate change objectives in ways that don’t put people out of work and don’t pit workers in one industry against workers in other industries. Continue reading

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Brigade rallies to defeat an oil severance
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