The legislation Newsom planned to sign Tuesday extends a winning streak for the governor against oil companies, long one of most formidable lobbying powers in California’s state capital.

State regulators still have time to adopt measures to make the fossil fuel companies pay more toward remediation of the mess ...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected oil companies’ challenge to court orders that currently ban fracking, the injection of ...

“When you take on Big Oil, they usually roll you ... Instead, Newsom and lawmakers agreed to let the California Energy Commission decide whether to penalize oil companies for price gouging. But the ...

The backers of Measure Z continued to fight for the restrictions on new drilling after Monterey County settled with the oil ...

Other efforts to curtail oil companies operating in California remain active. In late June, a gas price-gouging law championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom is slated to take effect. The bill creates a ...

(AP) — California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday: One that would have ramped up the state’s emissions targets, and another that would have made oil companies liable for ...

Irving Oil, one of the largest and most powerful companies in New Brunswick, has launched a strategic review that will ...

Brent crude rose on Monday after the world’s biggest oil producer announced it would be the lone OPEC Plus member to cut ...

(AP) — California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday: One that would have ramped up the state's emissions targets, and another that would have made oil companies liable for ...

(AP) — California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday: One that would have ramped up the state's emissions targets, and another that would have made oil companies liable for ...

A California legislative committee has blocked a bill that would have made oil companies liable for the health problems of people who live close to oil wells. It's among dozens of bills that did ...