Two California residents who own the royalties for oil and gas wells in Long Beach sued the California Division of Geologic ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes and schools will take effect after the oil industry on Thursday withdrew a referendum from the ...

The City Council approved the additional funds Tuesday night, with Councilman Don Kennedy casting a rare dissenting vote.

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Gregg Hart (D-Santa Barbara) introduced a bill today that would substantially increase oil companies’ requirements to plug and clean up idled oil and gas wells across the ...

The agreement comes after the state oil and gas regulator cancelled and rescinded approvals for the new wells. The Center for Biological Diversity sued the California Geologic Energy Management ...

The new lawsuit comes amid a flurry of litigation as offshore drilling threatens to return to the same Santa Barbara pipeline ...

as well as other climate policies in New York and Vermont. The California bill’s failure to advance comes after lawmakers in recent years blocked a proposal that would have made oil companies ...

A bill in the California Legislature that would have made oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes caused by natural disasters has failed to advance ...

as well as other climate policies in New York and Vermont. The California bill's failure to advance comes after lawmakers in recent years blocked a proposal that would have made oil companies ...