23 California legislators who failed to support clean energy bills have taken a combined $1.58 million from the oil and gas industry.
New well count rises as governor appoints oil lobbyist to top role.
Fossil fuel companies are pushing for investment in emission-reducing technologies critics say are unproven or even harmful.
Three bills may fall victim to a new push for more oil drilling.
The state is in danger of missing its 2030 emission goal, but the oil and gas industry is lobbying against changes.
Lawsuit in Bay Area represents a looming issue for thousands of idled oil and gas wells.
Emails show how the industry weakened emissions legislation and pushed back on cap-and-trade reforms.
Will Democrats stop appointing legislators with fossil fuel investments to key committees in 2022?
Two years after it began, state regulators have yet to issue any penalties for the spill, which ranks among the largest in state history.
Sen. Bob Hertzberg declined to vote on bills that would have enshrined new regulations in the law.
Ensuring good clean energy jobs for oil and gas workers may be the key to bringing trade unions and climate activists together.
Climate goals can suffer when job quality is pitted against protecting the planet and vulnerable communities.
The company's owners have a history of maximizing profit at the public's expense.
The renewed agreement with Amplify Energy could keep the pipeline responsible for the spill in operation through 2040.
The move will impact over a thousand active wells.
Amid drought and wildfire crises, the state's powerful industries have stymied 12 bills meant to address climate change and industry accountability.
PFAS chemicals persist indefinitely in the environment and are linked to severe illnesses.
The move could make it harder for landowners to sue companies that pollute water tables.
Despite Democrats’ supermajority and an environmental emergency, climate bills are hitting a wall in the California Senate.
In the first three months of 2021, the petroleum industry spent over $4.3 million lobbying Sacramento.