The lawsuit — led by Earthjustice — argues BLM did not consider the cumulative environmental harms of greenlighting 25 new ...

Health and conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today, challenging its approvals of new oil and gas drilling permits on public lands in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

Two Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation in California to allow residents who have damages from natural disasters to ...

AND NOW SOME CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS WANT ... TO ALSO RECOUP DAMAGES IN COURT FROM THE OIL INDUSTRY. IT’S NOT CLEAR LOGISTICALLY HOW THIS WOULD WORK YET. AS OF MONDAY AFTERNOON, WE WERE STILL ...

Earlier this week California lawmakers introduced Senate Bill (S.B.) 222, which would allow individuals, private insurers, and the state-run insurance plan to sue oil companies for damages they ...

Two California Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that could allow people and insurers to sue oil and gas companies for damages sparked by climate change-related disasters such as ...

He said work on both fields could continue while the new information was gathered but no oil and gas could be extracted unless fresh approval was granted. Shell's Jackdaw gas field in the North ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Oil and gas companies would be liable for damages caused by climate change -related disasters in California under legislation introduced Monday by two Democratic lawmakers.