After climate-driven L.A. fires, “rancid” politics and fear of job loss, gas prices, slows momentum to confront industry.
Grants promised for renewable energy, clean air and municipal water systems frozen and under review.
Companies are using a shortcut to build ever larger centers that use diesel generators as an emergency power source.
A whipsaw swing from very wet to very dry weather exposed millions to flames, smoke and pollutants.
Trump vows to attack climate science; states must now prove an energy transition is possible in a time of soaring costs and deficits.
Faced with putting up hefty bonds to clean up their mess, operators are instead taking a pass on selling off dying wells.
A Democrat-on-Democrat Assembly race for a district facing extreme weather could shape the state’s climate policy.
Proposition 4 would fund infrastructure to relieve brutally hot days such as those that just scorched Los Angeles.
Activists question whether the state would protect communities of color if the EPA is stripped of its watchdog powers.
A $5 million prime-time ad campaign is aimed at climate policies the industry claims make life miserable for Californians.
Plans call for millions of tons of carbon dioxide to be piped across the state to the Central Valley and Sacramento delta for burial.
A new state law mandates that oil companies put up money to plug wells before acquiring them. It could fail its first big test, putting taxpayers...
After a decade of lobbying, SoCalGas is planning to blend hydrogen into gas lines serving a mostly Latino town in the San Joaquin Valley.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's push to ramp up the renewable fuel carries risks: increased emissions and pollution.
California will pilot a program to reduce climate emissions from buildings without displacing tenants. Facing a deficit, Gov. Newsom proposes slashing its budget by a third.
As legal efforts fall short, residents are pursuing a novel strategy to halt the building of export terminals on unspoiled wetlands: Lobby Europeans to reject gas...
Opponents say a program that gives valuable credits for making fuels from crops and dairy waste props up fossil fuels companies and pollutes nearby communities.
Kern County wants to use billions in federal tax credits to collect and bury carbon. To do so, it would build new facilities to produce more...
California Air Resources Board ordered staff not to engage with ex-colleague after he questioned gas industry claims.
An idle well fee program is masking vast cleanup costs while harming residents and the climate.