ENVIRONMENT
California fights wildfires aggressively—but prevention takes a back seat
By Julie Cart | March 28, 2018
The state firefighting agency, Cal Fire, spends the bulk of its budget battling wildfires. A new report says it should do more to prevent them.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has been using the courts to try and stop policies coming out of the White House that harm Californians, and it's working.
California’s oil and gas regulator has endured years of scolding from the Legislature for a lack of accountability, from environmentalists for allowing an industry to run roughshod over a state…
California sues Trump administration over water protection
By Julie Cart | Feb. 6, 2018
California has joined a group of states suing two federal agencies for suspending a 2015 rule that entitled more bodies of water to protection.
A handful of municipalities and counties across California have filed lawsuits against oil companies, alleging that the energy giants knowingly contributed to climate change and should begin paying for it.
California lawmakers are considering an unprecedented request to spend more than $100 million in taxpayer money to dismantle two offshore oil-drilling facilities—a platform connected to the ruptured pipeline and a…
California sues Trump administration for canceling fracking rules
By Julie Cart | Jan. 24, 2018
Obama-era fracking regulations had been tied up in court until Washington nixed them in December.
In California’s Sierra Nevada, putting the trees to work
By Julie Cart | Jan. 23, 2018
"What happens in the Sierra Nevada doesn't stay in the Sierra Nevada."
How Trump’s solar tax could affect California’s energy plans
By Julie Cart | Jan. 23, 2018
Reaction in California has been swift—and negative.
Normally upbeat officials are guarded about the prospects for success.