California’s governor is moving ahead with a plan that could make it harder for offshore oil projects to restart. A new ...

In a bid to stabilize struggling crude-oil refineries, state lawmakers on Saturday passed a last-minute bill that would allow ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Monday banned offshore oil and gas drilling along most of America’s coast — with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team calling it “political revenge” and the ...

The compromise would streamline environmental approvals for new wells in oil-rich Kern County and make offshore drilling more ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom touted a “balanced approach” between climate action and energy affordability Friday before signing into law legislation empowering Kern County to resume local oil permitting, ...

Dr. Kathleen Campbell spoke in front of the Springfield City Council in June to express opposition to plans for drilling of a ...

At first glance, the route of one of America’s most controversial pipeline projects might not seem to have much to do with ...

A federal judge wasn't persuaded that two environmental nonprofits hadn't provided the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ...

An offshore oil platform with Santa Cruz Island in the background in California's Santa Barbara Channel. (Marli Miller/UCG/via Getty Images) More than 50 years ago, a catastrophic oil spill along ...

President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Interior Department faced sharp questions from Republicans Tuesday over what several called her “radical” ideas that include opposition to fracking and the ...

Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) has received approval by the local authorities to drill two carbon capture and storage ...

More than 50 years ago, a catastrophic oil spill along Santa Barbara's coastline served to galvanize the modern environmental movement and also helped to usher in one of the state's strongest ...