A new study has found that people living in close proximity to a fracked natural gas well are twice as likely to suffer upper-respiratory or skin problems. The study, published…
The Kern County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved Alon USA Energy’s plan to expand the rail terminal at its Bakersfield, CA refinery to receive five times as much crude…
A federal judge in New Orleans minced no words in handing down a ruling this week that found BP‘s “willful misconduct” and “gross negligence” caused the worst offshore oil spill…
To understand what California Governor Jerry Brown’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan is all about, you have to understand a bit of history. Back in 1982, once and future governor Jerry…
Jim Kenna, the California Director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, told reporters on a conference call last Thursday that a new scientific report commissioned by the agency to…
North America is now the biggest producer of oil in the world thanks largely to Canada’s tar sands and North Dakota’s Bakken shale, and West Coast refineries are looking to…
“This Labor Day weekend, the story is that more Americans are working because of clean energy.” That’s the statement released by Environmental Entrepeneurs Executive Director Bob Keefe to accompany his…
Local activists in California’s Santa Barbara County have placed Measure P on the November ballot to ban “extreme oil extraction” practices such as fracking, acidization, and steam injection over concerns…
Last Monday, the mayor of San Bruno stood on the steps of the California Public Utilities Commission offices in San Francisco and called for a complete overhaul of the state…
A poll commissioned by Green For All and released last week found that 68% of minority voters in key battleground states see climate change as an immediate threat that needs…
California is in the middle of an epic water shortage, with nearly 80% of the state experiencing “extreme or exceptional” drought conditions. Check out this animated map to get a…
Not many locals even knew the Bureau of Land Management was holding a scoping meeting in Mountainair, New Mexico last December for the proposed Lobos CO2 Pipeline that would run…
A rising tide lifts all boats — even boats that, contrary to all evidence, openly doubt the moon’s gravitational influence. A new study released by the Center for Strategic and…
California officials ordered an emergency shutdown of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites in Kern County earlier this month, fearing they may be contaminating sources of drinking water that…
California and Texas continue to break new ground in making electricty generation from renewable sources a vital part of the United States’ energy mix. California, for its part, is following…
The City Council of Oakland, California has passed a resolution opposing the transport of coal, oil, petcoke (a byproduct of the oil refining process) and other hazardous materials by railways…
Even though a sizable majority of Californians favor a moratorium on fracking until its impacts on the environment and human health are better understood, California’s fracking moratorium bill, SB 1132,…
A second vote on California’s fracking moratorium bill—SB 1132—fell short in the State Senate today, just twenty-four hours after it was first defeated by a margin of 18-16, three votes…
Last year, a post here on DeSmog asked: “Could California’s Shale Oil Boom Be Just a Mirage?” For now, the answer appears to be a resounding yes. According to the…
A study published by Geophysical Research Letters sheds new light on the connection between California’s epic drought and human-induced climate change. The study carries the decidedly wonky title, “Probable causes…
