Coalition Supports ABX2-1 to Unrig California Gas Market and Prevent Big Oil Profit Spiking SACRAMENTO, Calif. , Sept. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California (CSHC) released a new ad unmasking the oil industry's dirty game where they pump toxic oil near schools, pollute communities through refining gas, and export oil and gas products outside of California to keep supplies low and make billions by profit spiking at the expense of hardworking Californians.
The campaign is calling for accountability for oil corporations to end their practice of keeping gasoline supplies artificially low and to stop overcharging hard-working Californians by billions of dollars. Below is the transcript of the ad : "Big Oil is trying to rig the game in California : Drilling in our backyards..
. Polluting our communities..
. Then sending California oil and gas out of state..
. Keeping our supply low..
. and prices high for California drivers. They're gaming the market.
.. While spewing the toxic lie that their greed.
.. is California's fault.
Join Governor Newsom and California legislators telling Big Oil: Game over. Take action at CAvsBigOil.com .
" "While oil companies are raking in billions of dollars, refinery communities like Richmond and Wilmington are paying the price three times over—with their health, on the frontlines of the climate crisis, and increasingly, at the pump. We can hold Big Oil accountable for price gouging our communities and all of Califor.