Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A state regulator has adopted a rule banning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or "forever ...

The proposed fracking plan would quadruple production on an aging offshore platform in the Santa Barbara Channel.

A new offshore fracking project is seeking federal approval, which critics say could open the door to more along California's coast. The California Coastal Commission may intervene to stop it.

Over the course of millions of years, heat and pressure can transform the organic remains of animals and plants into crude oil. That's why they're called a fossil fuels — the long-dead creatures that ...

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an essential technique in the oil and gas industry, used to extract natural gas and oil from deep underground reservoirs. Traditionally, the process has involved a ...

The California Coastal Commission this week will consider an oil company's proposal for fracking wells off Ventura. Here's why.

The Trump administration is backing geothermal energy, funding a Utah experiment testing whether oil-and-gas fracking ...

The federal government took a major step forward Friday toward opening more than 2,800 acres of Ohio’s only national forest to oil and gas development. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a ...

An Oxnard-based oil company wants to resume fracking off the California coast. Here, a surfer catches a wave in Santa Barbara County with an offshore oil platform in the distance.(Kayla Bartkowski / ...