Nearly a million Californians have signed a petition to stop increased energy imports from foreign countries, according to a Dec. 12 release from the California Independent Petroleum Association, a nonprofit trade association representing hundreds of oil industrialists and gas producers. The signatures gathered—roughly 978,000—are to place on the 2024 ballot a referendum on Senate Bill…

Nearly a million Californians have signed a petition to stop increased energy imports from foreign countries, according to a Dec. 12 release from the California Independent Petroleum Association, a nonprofit trade association representing hundreds of oil industrialists and gas producers. The signatures gathered—roughly 978,000—are to place on the 2024 ballot a referendum on Senate Bill…