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The West Coast Energy Crisis

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The Golden State's  Refinery Reckoning California deliberately dismantled the infrastructure it now desperately needs. The Iran war didn't create this crisis — it only made it impossible to ignore. Claude Energy Policy Sidebar March 11, 2026 The West Coast Crisis   ~40 Refineries operating in CA, 1980s peak 13 Major CA refineries remaining, early 2025 17% State refining capacity lost by 2026   California is the only state averaging above $5/gallon. The $1.79 premium above the national average reflects boutique fuel rules, high taxes, and dwindling in-state capacity. How a State Became a Fuel Island California has not been ambushed by its refinery crisis. It has methodically constructed it, one regulation at a time, across four decades. The state that once refined more than 2.38 million barrels of petroleum per day in the mid-1980s has watched that capac...
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Hormuz, Refineries, and the "Goldilocks Zone"

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Navigating the Energy Crisis Energy Policy Review Fact-Check & Analysis March 11, 2026 Joint Podcast Fact-Check A High-Stakes Energy Policy Conversation Tim Stewart, president of the nation's oldest DC-based oil and gas trade association, joins Energy Impacts and Energy Newsbeat for a wide-ranging conversation about oil market volatility, the Strait of Hormuz crisis, California's accelerating refinery collapse, and America's long-term energy dominance. What holds up, what doesn't, and what matters most.    Source: Energy Impacts / Energy Newsbeat Joint Podcast, c. March 10–11, 2026 Hosts: David Blackman & Stu Turley Guest: Tim Stewart , President, US Oil & Gas Association This podcast — recorded as a historic Middle East conflict was disrupting global oil markets in real time — demonstrates a sophisticated and largely accurate grasp of the structural i...
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Paramount Skydance edges out Netflix for Warner Bros

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Paramount Skydance edges out Netflix for Warner Bros Paramount Skydance Wins $110 Billion Battle for Warner Bros. Discovery, Reshaping Global Media After a bruising bidding war with Netflix, David Ellison's media empire seals the most consequential entertainment merger in decades — raising urgent questions about streaming prices, antitrust exposure, and Hollywood's concentrated future.   Analysis & Reporting  |  March 7, 2026 BLUF — Bottom Line Up Front Paramount Skydance Corporation has signed a definitive $110.9 billion agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, besting Netflix in a months-long corporate war that ends with the largest entertainment merger in history. The deal unites Harry Potter, DC, HBO, CNN, and Game of Thrones under the same roof as Mission: Impossible, Star Trek, CBS, and the NFL. CEO David Ellison has confirmed that Paramount+ and HBO Max will be merged into a single streaming platform targeting 200 million subscribers. A...
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The Myth of the Permanent K9 Team:

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How a Widely Believed Misconception Masks the Structural Flaw at the Heart of Military Working Dog Failures Companion Report — Part III  |  March 7, 2026 Most Americans believe military working dogs and their handlers are permanent partners — bonded for life, inseparable in training and war. The reality is the opposite. And that gap between myth and doctrine may be the single most important factor the Pentagon's $142 million corrective action plan fails to address.   By The Epoch Times Investigative Staff  |  Washington, D.C.  |  March 7, 2026  |  Updated 8:00 a.m. ET 📄 Companion Coverage — Part III of III   This article is the third in a three-part series. The first report, "Pentagon Watchdog: Military Working Dogs Walked 10 Minutes a Week, Four Died in Decrepit Kennels Nationwide,"  detailed the findings of DoD IG Report DODIG-2026-057. Part II, "No One Is Responsible," examined the accountabi...
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