Environmentalists sue after feds allows new drilling permits in one of the country’s most polluted areas - The San Joaquin ...

Health and conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today, challenging its approvals of new oil and gas drilling permits on public lands in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

Earthjustice attorneys said BLM violated state and federal law in approving 25 oil permits near Maricopa and four near Lost ...

Groups like the Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club argue in their suit that the permitting violated the Clean Air Act and National Environmental Policy Act, among others. They claim that ...

A business-improvement initiative months in the planning will debut Wednesday at Taft College as leaders from across the area ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Environmental and community groups ... plan to open more than a million acres of public land and mineral estate in central California to oil drilling and fracking. The rallies ...

The Special Election for the 32nd Assembly District race is just weeks away. Candidate Stan Ellis is running as a conservative Republican, a businessman, rancher, and oilman.

Environmentalists sue after feds allow new drilling permits in one of the country’s most polluted areas - The San Joaquin ...