<![CDATA[California Energy Journal: California Energy Transition]]>https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/s/california-energy-transitionhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9Kac!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5320955a-6683-4988-ace6-49352322dc6e_96x96.pngCalifornia Energy Journal: California Energy Transitionhttps://www.californiaenergytransition.com/s/california-energy-transitionSubstackMon, 20 Apr 2026 06:16:05 GMT<![CDATA[California’s Energy Transition from Oil State to Fossil Free: Introduction Part Five—Conclusion]]>https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-from-9a8https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-from-9a8Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:50:00 GMTCalifornia’s self-proclaimed position as a “global leader in combating the climate crisis” demonstrates the ambitions of state policymakers and their view of California as a “nation state.” California’s role in global energy and climate policy is nothing new. The state has arguably been the center of the global energy for most of its history, changing f…

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]]><![CDATA[California’s Energy Transition from Oil State to Fossil Free: Introduction Part Four—Auto Emissions]]>https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-from-f66https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-from-f66Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:56:00 GMTIn justifying the expedited transition to ZEVs under Executive Order N 79-20, Newsom identified auto emissions as a chief cause of both local and global environmental and health problems. He ordered that by 2035, all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state must be ZEVs and that by 2045, all medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state would…

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]]><![CDATA[California’s Energy Transition from Oil State to Fossil Free: Introduction Part Three—Offshore Drilling]]>https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-from-e19https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-from-e19Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:56:00 GMTCalifornia’s longstanding opposition to offshore drilling took on renewed urgency with the Trump administration’s plan to increase oil production on federal lands and in federal waters.  The plan would open the California coast to new drilling and with it reopen perhaps the most controversial issue in California’s history with oil since the Santa Barbar…

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]]><![CDATA[California’s Energy Transition from Oil State to Fossil Free: Introduction Part Two—Fracking]]>https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-from-1a1https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-from-1a1Fri, 03 Jun 2022 13:54:00 GMTIn addition to his sweeping policy goals on transportation, Gavin Newsom took aim at fracking, a well stimulation method that injects water and chemicals into difficult geological formations in order to allow subsurface oil and gas to flow. Executive Order N-79-20 stated that California “must focus on the impacts of oil extraction as it transitions away…

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]]><![CDATA[California’s Energy Transition from Oil State to Fossil Free: Introduction, Part One]]>https://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-fromhttps://www.californiaenergytransition.com/p/californias-energy-transition-fromWed, 01 Jun 2022 13:53:00 GMTCalifornia’s attempt to transition from a state dependent on oil to one that is “fossil free” will matter not only to California but to the future of U.S. and global energy and climate policy. To understand the economic, political, and technological impact of such a transition requires an understanding of the place of oil in California’s history. This f…

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