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		<title>Some Facts About Hydraulic Fracturing in California</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hydraulic fracturing is a hot topic in California these days. As is often the case with highly visible issues, there are more myths about the technology – at least how it is used in California – than there are facts &#8230; <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/some-facts-about-hydraulic-fracturing-in-california/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/some-facts-about-hydraulic-fracturing-in-california/</link>
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		<title>WSPA Members are Committed to Safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WSPA recently completed a short video (see below) that explores the remarkable commitment to safety embodied in the companies we represent and embraced by the dedicated men and women who work for those companies.  I urge you to take a &#8230; <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/wspa-members-are-committed-to-safety/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/wspa-members-are-committed-to-safety/</link>
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		<title>Petroleum Workers Reach Out to Lawmakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jodie Muller Vice President, Government &#38; Regulatory Affairs Every year, WSPA organizes a Legislative Outreach Day for the WSPA Associates program to bring to Sacramento and state lawmakers the voices of hard working men and women whose work supports &#8230; <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/economic-impacts/petroleum-workers-reach-out-to-lawmakers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/economic-impacts/petroleum-workers-reach-out-to-lawmakers/</link>
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		<title>A cascade of new fuel regulations is a disaster-in-the-making</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The business community in California and the petroleum industry in particular are facing a cascade of regulations in the next few years that will make energy much more costly to produce, job creation much more difficulty to accomplish, and the &#8230; <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/a-cascade-of-new-fuel-regulations-is-a-disaster-in-the-making/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/a-cascade-of-new-fuel-regulations-is-a-disaster-in-the-making/</link>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s make job growth for all Americans our top priority in 2012!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/lets-make-job-growth-for-all-americans-our-top-priority-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/lets-make-job-growth-for-all-americans-our-top-priority-in-2012/</link>
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		<title>Judge Blocks CA&#8217;s Low Carbon Fuel Standard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/judge-blocks-cas-low-carbon-fuel-standard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/judge-blocks-cas-low-carbon-fuel-standard/</link>
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		<title>New Study Raises Concerns About Low Carbon Fuel Standard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/uncategorized/new-study-raises-concerns-about-low-carbon-fuel-standard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/uncategorized/new-study-raises-concerns-about-low-carbon-fuel-standard/</link>
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		<title>Petroleum Industry Creates jobs for Californians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WSPA recently hired Purvin &#38; 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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/petroleum-industry-creates-jobs-for-californians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/petroleum-industry-creates-jobs-for-californians/</link>
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		<title>Public Pension Funds Gain from Oil Industry Investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/public-pension-funds-gain-from-oil-industry-investments/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/public-pension-funds-gain-from-oil-industry-investments/</link>
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		<title>Facts about Gas Prices and Earnings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As some of the major publicly traded petroleum companies report their first quarter 2011 earnings, we find ourselves once again called upon to explain the large profit numbers being reported at the same time consumers are paying high prices for &#8230; <a href="http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/facts-about-gas-prices-and-earnings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wspa.org/blog/index.php/wspa-message/facts-about-gas-prices-and-earnings/</link>
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