By Sophie Austin, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/18/california-legislature-oil-well-lawsuits/f33826b6-f5d0-11ed-918d-012572d64930_story.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday, one that would have ramped up the state’s emissions targets and another that would...

Para proteger a las familias latinas, la Legislatura de California debe aprobar la ley SB 556 To protect Latino families, the California Legislature must pass SB 556 By Gabriel Lerner, LA...

Community oil drilling threatens our public health. Senator Portantino has an opportunity to stand up for our communities.

By Adam Beam, YAHOO! FINANCE https://finance.yahoo.com/news/environmental-group-sues-block-oil-221241683.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An environmental group sued Thursday to block nearly two dozen new permits for oil and gas wells in California, arguing Gov....

SB 556 — legislation that gives people who live near oil wells and have developed cancer, respiratory illnesses and birth defects the right to hold oil drillers liable for their illnesses — passed the California Senate Judiciary Committee in a 8 to 2 vote. SB 556 will now be referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

New legislation gives people who have developed cancer, respiratory illnesses and birth defects the right to hold oil drillers liable for their illnesses if they live, work, or go to school within 3200 feet of oil drilling and if the company did not use the best technologies to mitigate risk.  

In an appeal before the Court of Appeal in Sacramento to be heard on Monday, the Newsom Administration will be challenged over positions that breach a longstanding agreement to require all radioactive waste from the Santa Susana Field Lab be disposed of at sites licensed and designed for such waste.

By Thomas Elias, THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2023/04/11/california-focus-gas-gougers-win-streak-comes-to-abrupt-end/ California's wealthy cadre of gasoline gougers were on a major, lucrative roll. Every few months, they added another big victory over consumerist forces...

Sacramento, CA -- A landmark measure to rein in skyrocketing California gasoline prices has cleared the California Senate by a vote of 30 to 8.  “This bill puts a watchdog...

SBx1 2, the newly amended proposal for a price gouging penalty and oil refiner transparency, passed its first test in the California Senate Utilities, Energy and Commerce Committee