With a second refinery closing and possibly more to follow, Newsom may be forced to consider the possibility that petroleum might not be as dispensable or easily replaceable as he thought.

But Mische ignores the costs from climate change-induced harms — catastrophic fires, floods, sea-level rise, droughts and extreme heat — for which taxpayers are currently footing the bill.

Michael A. Mische, 53Co-owner of Ayer land-surveying companySentinel & EnterpriseHOPKINTON — Michael A. Mische, 53, of Hopkinton, died Wednesday, July 23, in Brigham and Women’s Hospital,… ...

In fact, Michael Mische, a professor at the University of Southern California who wrote the report, believes that gas prices could rise to as much as $8 by 2026 in California, which currently has ...

Last month, the Valero energy company announced plans to shut down at least one of its two California refineries in 2026. That caught the attention of Michael Mische, associate professor of ...

Fast-forward to this year in mid-April, when television networks like ABC, CBS and Fox, plus Forbes magazine covered a study by Michael Mische, an associate professor at the University of Southern ...

Michael Mische with the USC Marshall School of Business recently published “ A Study of California Gasoline Prices,” diving into the reason why California is typically the most expensive state ...

California has traditionally counted on Washington State refineries to pick up any slack from in-state production shortages, but Mr. Mische says Washington doesn’t have enough excess capacity to make ...

Mische denies oil companies collude to raise prices, despite phenomena like the huge price hikes of February 2023, when a single refinery outage shot pump prices up about $2.50 per gallon ...

For years, California’s Democratic leaders have tried to attribute the state’s high gas prices to “gouging.” Professor Michael Mische with the USC Marshall School of Business has recently ...