In a recent op-ed, Food & Water Watch called once more for an end to oil and gas production in California – and again demonstrated why their proposals and arguments can't be taken seriously.

California is an energy island, a fact with enormous consequences that activist groups either ignore or don’t understand.

Oil and natural gas aren’t just gas for your car or heat for your home. Oil and natural gas are used in many common products we use every day, without them our lives would be very different.

California has long been a leader on climate change policy. Beginning in 2005 under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state established bold targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – and has subsequently

If California bans production, what are the consequences for consumers and businesses?

Activists push a faulty, out of context narrative that doesn’t accurately reflect the amount of water used in California wells.