The public has until Jan. 23 to submit comments on the federal proposal to open California waters to offshore oil drilling.

The dense and sticky Venezuelan crude is high in sulfur, making it harder to extract and refine than other oil, such as the ...

California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, along with other state officials and environmental advocates, announced her opposition ...

State officials and environmental groups urge Californians to submit comments by Jan. 23, citing $51 billion ocean economy at stake.

Pipeline safety regulators on Monday assessed their largest fine ever against the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million ...

Worries abound that the coast along Santa Barbara, which would be the site of most of the new oil drilling leases the federal ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – The California Coastal Commission has cited federal laws and a court agreement to ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration’s proposal to dramatically ramp up offshore oil drilling could lead to 4,232 oil spills, dumping 12.1 million gallons of oil into ocean waters, according to an ...

On January 4, 2026, in Santa Cruz, California, USA, @DustinMulvaney shared a video of a striking double rainbow forming ...

A Houston company faces a record $9.6 million in federal fines for its role in a major oil spill that mystified experts and ...

Heavy overnight rainfall in Sonoma County has caused a spill of untreated wastewater into the Russian River just south of ...