By Sophia Bollag, SACRAMENTO BEE - CAPITOL ALERT November 19, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article237538914.html Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced a crackdown on fracking projects and a moratorium on new oil wells that use...

By Phil Willon, LOS ANGELES TIMES November 19, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-19/california-fracking-permits-scientific-review-gavin-newsom SACRAMENTO — In a victory for critics of California’s oil drilling industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday stopped the approval of new hydraulic...

Los Angeles, CA—Since mid-July, state regulators have not issued a new permit for fracking or acidizing in California and have slowed the overall rate of permitting oil wells. Nonetheless,...

By Staff Writers, ASSOCIATED PRESS October 12, 2019 http://www.startribune.com/california-governor-signs-bill-limiting-oil-gas-development/562936912/ SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed a law intended to counter Trump administration plans to increase oil and gas...

  Los Angeles-- The Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating two regulators at the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources for conflicts of interests raised in a July complaint...

Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog today thanked Governor Gavin Newsom for firing the state’s top oil and gas supervisor and instituting an ethics review of the state’s oil...

Los Angeles, CA -- A review of state conflict of interest forms shows that eight regulators managing the state’s oil and gas well approval and inspection process have hundreds...