Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Kern County judge ruled Thursday that Gov. Gavin Newsom will remain a defendant in a trio of lawsuits brought against his ...

Jul. 17—Oil drilling permits have slowed to a trickle in California lately, even as approvals for well repair jobs are up significantly from a year earlier, according to second-quarter data that ...

A three-judge panel found challengers lacked standing to oppose over 4,000 drilling permits in the Powder River and Permian basins. Conservation groups failed to convince a federal appeals court they ...