Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a bill to streamline permitting for new oil wells. It’s a proposal ...

Activists and fishing communities have warned of “catastrophic” consequences in the event of a potential oil spill, arguing ...

The move restores a 2020 plan issued in Trump’s first term that opened much of the 23-million-acre petroleum reserve to drilling. The Interior Department on Monday approved a plan that would reopen ...

Domestic crude oil prices are moving toward $100 per barrel, but North Dakota’s Bakken oil field is not seeing a ...

The Trump administration reportedly has plans to open the waters off California's coast to new oil and gas drilling for the first time in four decades, drawing swift condemnation from Gov. Gavin ...

JUNEAU — ConocoPhillips Alaska can proceed with an oil and gas exploration program in a portion of a vast petroleum reserve in the state after a federal judge denied a request from project opponents ...

Palmetto State political and environmental leaders say it’s too soon to know how serious the renewed threat of offshore oil drilling is for the South Carolina coast. The Trump administration has ...

Florida legislation seeks to ban oil drilling near Apalachicola Bay to protect the recovering shellfish industry. But a proposed amendment would limit the drilling ban to counties designated as rural ...

Pump jacks are seen at dawn in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation near Lost Hills, California. David McNew TNS Thanks to electric vehicles, demand for oil has been steadily declining in ...