The state’s fossil fuel industry spends millions more backing midterm candidates.
Biden’s methane reduction plan relies on historically weak enforcement.
Texas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and California, among others, will drive its success or failure.
Former officials push strategies on behalf of fossil fuel clients, threatening climate and communities, say critics.
A handful of legislators could decide measures for tougher statewide emissions goals.
Labor opposition could diminish Gov. Newsom’s climate package.
With Newsom’s environmental legacy in the balance, legislators are intensely pushing bills that advance the governor’s priorities.
A new report from the Forest Service blames climate change for record-setting fires, but fails to mention the fossil fuel industry.
Sen. Lena Gonzalez says the state Legislature can sometimes stymie the democratic process.
Wildfires loom all over, but the rural counties with poor and elderly residents face the greatest threats.
The proposed legislation would direct the state’s public pension funds to cease investment in oil, gas and coal companies.
23 California legislators who failed to support clean energy bills have taken a combined $1.58 million from the oil and gas industry.
Kalmus, a climate scientist and activist, explains why we need to act now, and fast, to forestall calamity.
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.
Hoping to land federal infrastructure funds, New Mexico is partnering with other Western states on the proposal.
The state’s record $8.47 billion budget bill lacks adequate funding to monitor oil and gas operations and combat climate change.
Emails show how the industry weakened emissions legislation and pushed back on cap-and-trade reforms.
While most producers dramatically increased their reporting, the state’s largest natural gas producer’s numbers haven’t budged.
Sen. Bob Hertzberg declined to vote on bills that would have enshrined new regulations in the law.