California is well known for its high fuel prices and strict environmental regulations, but a string of upcoming oil refinery shutdowns—exacerbated by a massive fire at a huge Chevron plant—threatens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the same period, California’s production of crude oil has also fallen by around half, and many oil wells have shut down.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's leading Democrats are grappling with how to confront lost jobs and high gas prices that the oil industry says are the result of the state's climate policies. Thirty ...

As catastrophic wildfires spur insurance companies to raise homeowner premiums and drop thousands of policyholders across California, the industry has blamed climate change for fueling the blazes. Yet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill that would make oil and gas companies pay for rising insurance costs due to climate-related disasters was introduced this ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California spent decades building one of the greenest power grids on Earth. It ditched coal, cut fossil fuels, and ...

One year after deadly fires ravaged parts of Southern California, a lawmaker wants to make fossil fuel companies pay for soaring insurance costs from climate-linked disasters. One year after deadly ...

A bill that would make oil and gas companies pay for rising insurance costs due to climate-related disasters was introduced this week in the Legislature. SB 982, the Affordable Insurance Recovery Act, ...

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