Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a>: A bill that would have tripled the fines paid by oil refineries for emitting <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/toxicpollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>toxicpollutants</span></a>, like those released last year in Martinez stalled. Western States <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Petroleum</span></a> Association a powerful <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fossilfuel</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lobbying</span></a> group has spent millions to influence <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>policy</span></a> decisions by the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Legislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Legislature</span></a> and state officials over the past half decade. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BusinessAsUsual" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BusinessAsUsual</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WhatClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WhatClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/healthybottomline" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>healthybottomline</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/11/oil-lobby-pressure-dooms-state-bill-aimed-at-curbing-refinery-pollution/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mercurynews.com/2023/09/11/oil</span><span class="invisible">-lobby-pressure-dooms-state-bill-aimed-at-curbing-refinery-pollution/</span></a></p>