Fossil fuel companies are pushing for investment in emission-reducing technologies critics say are unproven or even harmful.
Critics maintain that short legislative sessions hinder lawmakers’ ability to address significant policy issues.
Over the past four years, fossil fuel companies paid almost $77.5 million to lobby lawmakers in Sacramento.
Three bills may fall victim to a new push for more oil drilling.
The state is in danger of missing its 2030 emission goal, but the oil and gas industry is lobbying against changes.
Lawsuit in Bay Area represents a looming issue for thousands of idled oil and gas wells.
The state’s booming budget lacks cash for monitoring of oil and gas wells.
Lax reporting laws leave politicians and the public in the dark about legislation backers.
The state’s record $8.47 billion budget bill lacks adequate funding to monitor oil and gas operations and combat climate change.
Report shows that hiring nine new oil and gas regulators would generate a half-billion dollars in remediation work.
In committee hearings, Republicans echo industry concerns and muddle the intent of legislation.
Emails show how the industry weakened emissions legislation and pushed back on cap-and-trade reforms.
While the state is flush with record fossil fuel revenues, key legislators oppose full funding of state agencies that police the industry.
While most producers dramatically increased their reporting, the state’s largest natural gas producer’s numbers haven’t budged.
Thousands of homeowners live near methane-emitting wells. The fossil fuel industry has avoided cleaning up the mess for over a century.
Will Democrats stop appointing legislators with fossil fuel investments to key committees in 2022?
Tribes struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Ida were surprised when the Biden administration reopened oil and gas leasing.
The unpopular proposal promotes a fuel that may cause more harm to the environment than it’s worth to produce.
Two years after it began, state regulators have yet to issue any penalties for the spill, which ranks among the largest in state history.
The state’s governor needs to sell environmentalists, the fossil fuel sector and the public on the green-ish energy source.