Last fall, Governor Gavin Newsom called a to deal with California’s rising gas prices. The session ended when he adopted new refinery regulations that the oil industry fought hard.

Newsom in the Capitol rotunda, flanked by Democratic lawmakers and environmental advocates.

“They are the polluted heart of this climate crisis,” Newsom said of the oil industry during the signing ceremony. “They continue to lie and they continue to manipulate and they’re taking advantage of you.”

Now just a year later, some environmental advocates say Newsom’s tone Big Oil is drastically different than a year ago when he took the industry head on.

“Newsom’s done a 180 on oil. I mean a literal 180,” said Jamie Court, President of Consumer Watchdog.

Court was one of the advocates who stood alongside Newsom a

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