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.
Advocates want to hold oil companies liable for health and climate impacts. Companies count on support from legislators, ...
“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 ...
A California law banning new oil wells near homes and schools, passed last year, has yet to take effect after the oil industry helped ... and another that would have made oil companies liable for the ...
As ProPublica reported last year, the major oil companies that long dominated in California and have the deep pockets necessary to pay for environmental cleanup are selling their wells and leaving ...
(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 ...
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(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 ...
Voters across party lines say people paid to gather signatures should be required to sign a statement that they've given ...
Filmus added that these three companies will be added to the other eight oil companies that were sanctioned for the same issue between 2011 and 2015.
(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 ...