{"id":338456,"date":"2024-08-04T10:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T08:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=338456"},"modified":"2024-08-04T10:11:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T08:11:04","slug":"us-oil-giant-abandons-california-after-150-years-over-harsh-green-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=338456","title":{"rendered":"US oil giant abandons California after 150 years over \u2018harsh\u2019 green\u00a0policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MIDLAND, TEXAS – MARCH 11: Oil pumpjacks work in the Permian Basin oil field on March 11, 2022 in Midland, Texas. United States President Joe Biden imposed a ban on Russian oil, the world\u2019s third-largest oil producer, which may mean that oil producers in the Permian Basin will need to pump more oil to meet demand. The Permian Basin is the largest petroleum-producing basin in the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Philip Bratby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long will it be before BP and Shell follow suit, and leave the UK?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of America\u2019s <\/em>biggest oil companies<\/em><\/a> is to abandon its headquarters in California amid a backlash against \u201charsh\u201d green policies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chevron on Friday said it would relocate to Houston, Texas, breaking a historic association with the Golden State that stretches back to the 1870s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chevron\u2019s decision follows repeated <\/em>warnings from bosses that stringent environmental regulations<\/em><\/a> and other moves by the Californian government had made doing business there too difficult.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the latest oil company to walk away from the state, while other employers such as Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX have also relocated following rows with state authorities about new legislation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2024\/08\/02\/oil-giant-abandons-california-150-years-harsh-green-policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of America\u2019s biggest oil companies is to abandon its headquarters in California amid a backlash against \u201charsh\u201d green policies.<\/p>\n

Chevron on Friday said it would relocate to Houston, Texas, breaking a historic association with the Golden State that stretches back to the 1870s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":338460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691820005,691818068,691820003,691820066,691819831,691818248],"class_list":["post-338456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bp","tag-california","tag-chevron","tag-regulation","tag-shell","tag-uk","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1q2Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":433234,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=433234","url_meta":{"origin":338456,"position":0},"title":"Energy Dominance 2.0: Permian Basin Edition","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/22\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"As noted in a previous post, the Permian Basin would rank 4th in the world in natural gas production, if US plays were ranked as nations. 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