{"id":2895,"date":"2022-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/2895\/activists-drop-banners-in-ca-capitol-demanding-legislators-make-big-oil-pay\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:48:42","slug":"activists-drop-banners-in-ca-capitol-demanding-legislators-make-big-oil-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/activists-drop-banners-in-ca-capitol-demanding-legislators-make-big-oil-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists Drop Banners in CA Capitol Demanding Legislators \u201cMake Big Oil Pay\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"p4subtitle\">California State Legislature reconvenes to discuss record high oil and gas profits in the state<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"p4descriptive_paragraph\">Activists demand that state legislators in California put people over profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/8cc3e31e-gp1t8bmt_web_size.jpg\" alt=\"Windfall Profit Tax Message at California Capitol in Sacramento\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A team of Greenpeace US activists display banners off the balcony in the California State Capitol Building urging the Legislature to \u201cMake Big Oil Pay\u201d by passing a windfall profits cap on fossil fuel companies in the state. The Legislature, which commenced their special session, will explore a price gouging penalty for oil companies at the direction of California Governor Newsom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>California State Legislature reconvenes to discuss record high oil and gas profits in the state<\/p>\n<p>Activists demand that state legislators in California put people over profits.<\/p>\n<p><b>SACRAMENTO, CA (December 5, 2022)\u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, a team of activists released banners off the rotunda balcony in the California State Capitol Building urging the Legislature to \u201cMake Big Oil Pay\u201d and put \u201cPeople Over Profits\u201d by passing a windfall profits cap on fossil fuel companies in the state. The Legislature, which commenced their special session today, will explore a price gouging penalty for oil companies <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/11\/30\/governor-newsom-convenes-special-session-to-hold-oil-industry-accountable-for-price-gouging-keep-money-in-californians-pockets\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the direction of Governor Newsom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While legislation text has yet to be released, the governor\u2019s executive order implores the legislature to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11.30.22-Special-Session-Proclamation.pdf?emrc=9d2e07\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">impose a significant financial penalty on companies\u2019 excessive profit margins, and to return that money<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to everyday Californians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.greenpeace.org\/shoot\/27MDHUFP9DXO\"><b><i>Photo and video will be available as soon as possible following the event.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Heidi Harmon, activist and former mayor of San Luis Obispo, said: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs a former mayor, I am calling on other local elected officials throughout the state to stand with their communities at this critical time. While the toxic fossil fuel industry sends gas prices sky-high for their own benefit, we demand economic fairness for the working families who are struggling to make ends meet. The greedy must be held accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While oil and gas companies are raking in record profits \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/11\/04\/california-holding-oil-companies-accountable-for-gas-price-hikes-and-record-profits-hosting-hearing-to-get-answers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$63 billion dollars<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in just Q3 of this year \u2013 California\u2019s consumers are paying the highest prices at the pump in history. Gas prices have climbed as high as $9 a gallon in some parts of California, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerwatchdog.org\/energy\/california-oil-refiners-windfall-profits-require-windfall-profits-tax-bring-gas-prices-under\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">far higher than in other states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Caroline Henderson, Senior Climate Campaigner at Greenpeace USA, said: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhile gas prices and oil companies profits have reached record levels, we\u2019re living a tale as old as the oil industry itself. Greedy fossil fuel companies are draining our wallets, fueling the flames of climate-driven wildfires, polluting our communities, eroding our democracy, and leaving us to foot the bill.\u00a0 It\u2019s time to put a muzzle on this unrestrained polluter greed. Californians deserve better than this \u2013 we need our legislators to pass a price gouging penalty.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/major-oil-companies-wont-participate-in-california-gas-price-spike-hearing\/42087519\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five major California oil refiners failed to show up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a state hearing questioning the historic spike in the state\u2019s gas prices. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nationally, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/28\/business\/energy-environment\/exxon-chevron-profit-biden.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exxon Mobil reported their highest-ever quarterly profits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of $19.7 billion in Q3, while Chevron reported their second-highest quarterly profit of $11.2 billion. In response, Democrats in both The House and Senate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/khanna.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/release-gasoline-prices-sky-high-khanna-whitehouse-announce-curb-big-oil\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have introduced multiple bills<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to hold companies accountable for price gouging \u2014 but so far, they have failed to send anything to President Joe Biden\u2019s desk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Greenpeace USA <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is part of a global network of independent campaigning organizations that use peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace USA is committed to transforming the country\u2019s unjust social, environmental, and economic systems from the ground up to address the climate crisis, advance racial justice, and build an economy that puts people first. Learn more at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.greenpeace.org\/usa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California State Legislature reconvenes to discuss record high oil and gas profits in the state Activists demand that state legislators in California put people over profits. 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