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		<title>News: $4 gas is back &#8211; and it&#8217;s going up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two recent refinery disruptions on top of an already-tight supply have sent California gas prices above $4 and going higher.  High gas taxes, failure to build new refineries and a prohibition against fuel refined out of state all make consumers vulnerable to gas price increases. Click here to read the article.]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/05/news-4-gas-is-back-and-its-going-up/</link>
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		<title>Editorial:  A tale of two oil states</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Texas has added jobs and doubled its oil output since 2005 while California has seen a decline in oil output as a result of bad policy choices.  The Wall Street Journal urges California to follow Texas&#8217; example by developing the Monterey Shale to create good jobs and revenue for services. Click here to read the article.]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/05/editorial-a-tale-of-two-oil-states/</link>
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		<title>Editorial: New efforts to double-tax oil industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bakersfield Californian newspaper speaks out in opposition to a proposed $2 billion tax increase on oil, saying the measure would jeopardize tens of thousands of California oil jobs while decreasing revenues to local governments when oil wells are shut down.  The newspaper also notes California oil taxes are not low as tax supporters claim but merely go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/04/editorial-new-efforts-to-double-tax-oil-industry/</link>
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		<title>News: Covert PUC recording spurs calls for ratepayer group autonomy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The California Public Utilities Commission was caught trying to intimidate its own Division of Ratepayer Advocates by secretly tape-recording what ratepayer advocates had believed was a private meeting.  The move raised new ethical concerns and prompted calls that the Division of Ratepayer Advocates be separated from the agency. Click here to read the article.]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/04/news-covert-puc-recording-spurs-calls-for-ratepayer-group-autonomy/</link>
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		<title>Opinion: Cap-and-trade auction should be transparent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CEU Founder Eric Eisenhammer urges California policymakers to approve legislation restoring transparency to the cap and trade auction in Capitol Weekly.  With the auction&#8217;s multi-billion dollar price tag and potential vulnerability to out of state speculators, both the program&#8217;s critics and supporters can agree state transparency laws must be respected. Click here to read the article.]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/04/opinion-cap-and-trade-auction-should-be-transparent/</link>
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		<title>Opinion: When fact and fears collide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CEU&#8217;s Director of Policy and Director of Communications, Tom Tanton and Jean Pagnone respectively, urge Californians to embrace hydraulic fracturing as a proven and responsible technology in Fox and Hounds Daily.  Developing California&#8217;s abundant energy resources safely offers the potential to uplift poor communities and provide new revenues and jobs. Click here to read the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/04/opinion-when-fact-and-fears-collide/</link>
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		<title>News: Alaska cuts oil taxes, production and jobs boom expected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As California considers $2 billion in oil severance taxes, Alaskans have reversed a recently-passed oil tax increase after realizing the plan was a mistake that cost jobs and revenue.  While Alaska has abundant oil and gas resources, the increased oil tax hurt the state&#8217;s competitiveness and diverted investment to North Dakota and Texas. Click here to read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/04/news-alaska-cuts-oil-taxes-production-and-jobs-boom-expected/</link>
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		<title>Opinion: Senate committee makes rational decision about electricity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters praises the California State Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications committee for voting to recognize hydropower as renewable energy.  Despite hydropower&#8217;s production of affordable carbon-free energy, the power source has not yet been recognized as renewable for purposes of California&#8217;s renewable portfolio standard policy. Click here to read the article.]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/04/opinion-senate-committee-makes-rational-decision-about-electricity/</link>
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		<title>Editorial: The problems with wind power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina&#8217;s Carteret County News-Times urges repeal of the state&#8217;s &#8220;renewable portfolio standard&#8221; alternative energy mandate as  RPS repeal legislation progresses through the North Carolina Legislature.  Lawmakers say wind power required by the policy harms wildlife while raising costs and endangering job creation. Click here to read the article.]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/04/editorial-the-problems-with-wind-power/</link>
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		<title>News: CARB reps get an earful from truckers and farmers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Assemblyman Dan Logue hosted representatives from the California Air Resources Board at a packed meeting in Chico.  Citizens showed up in droves to plead with the CARB representatives to save their jobs.  Many recounted heartbreaking stories about how CARB regulations threatened to shut down their small businesses. Click here to read the article.]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionofenergyusers.org/2013/03/news-carb-reps-get-an-earful-from-truckers-and-farmers/</link>
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