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By Compiled and edited by Jim Buckley

Sep 22, 2026
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Californians Forced to Rely Upon Dirty Third-World Oil

This state possesses substantial oil resources and has for decades produced, refined, and distributed, much of the petroleum used by its residents. Yet, government policy at several levels has increasingly restricted the development of those domestic resources while Californians continue to consume l…

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