Idled oil rigs off the California coast could be back up and running soon if the federal government has its way.

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

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

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

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While our communities suffer from ongoing spills that threaten our public health, Trump is making federal calls to increase ...

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

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

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

Sable Offshore has not completed all necessary steps to restart oil production locally a state regulator confirmed ...

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

For Santa Barbara, the oil pipeline debate is not new. It comes with hard-earned lessons shaped by decades of oil development ...