SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company’s plans to ...

Rob Bonta says the federal government illegally ripped jurisdiction for the Las Flores oil pipelines from the State Fire ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta moves to block the restart of oil pipelines shut down after the 2015 Refugio spill, arguing federal overreach.

Environmental groups and residents opposed a federal offshore drilling proposal during a public hearing ahead of a comment ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – The California Coastal Commission has cited federal laws and a court agreement to demand that the Trump Administration's recent approval of restarting oil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis discusses offshore oil drilling during a news conference Jan. 6, 2025, at the Capitol in Sacramento.

(The Center Square) – California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, along with other state officials and environmental advocates, announced her opposition Tuesday afternoon to President Donald Trump’s efforts ...

A beach closure at East Beach in Santa Barbara isn’t keeping people out of the water, raising safety concerns after a recent sewage spill. Hope Zweig, who walks along East Beach daily, said she was ...

Environmental contractors clean crude oil from a tank at the Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant on May 8, 2025. Environmental Protection Agency The large oil spill that contaminated a Fort Worth ...

State and federal agencies are investigating a recent mineral oil spill at Priest Rapids Dam as cleanup efforts conclude. Newly released records show a history of similar spills at Grant County Public ...

Large transmission lines at the Priest Rapids Dam, with the Saddle Mounts visible on the south bank in the background. The hydroelectric facility is owned and operated by Grant County Public Utility ...