Construction to cap a methane-emitting oil well underneath a Balboa Peninsula neighborhood missed its Christmas Day deadline ...

An offshore oil platform with Santa Cruz Island in the background in California's Santa Barbara Channel. (Marli Miller/UCG/via Getty Images) More than 50 years ago, a catastrophic oil spill along ...

Try as so many private and government organizations might, switching everywhere on Earth over to clean, renewable energy — including some strange sources being explored — is still a long way away.

An emergency repair to cap an abandoned oil well leaking oil and methane gas under a house on the Balboa Peninsula is taking ...

A federal regulator approved the restart of Sable Offshore Corp.'s contested California oil pipeline that leaked 3,000 ...

California's largest inland oil pipeline is in danger of closing within months without state approval for a rate increase and other measures. California’s largest inland oil pipeline is in danger of ...

Oceanic oil spills are one of the worst events humanity can inflict upon the natural world. Whether it's from an oil rig's mishap or deliberate wartime actions, oil being dumped into the ocean can ...

A big rig driver was cited after being spotted towing another big rig tractor with a pipe, officers say. Photo from CHP - Golden Gate Division When an “alert” driver on a freeway spotted a big rig ...

More than 50 years ago, a catastrophic oil spill along Santa Barbara’s coastline served to galvanize the modern environmental movement and also helped to usher in one of the state’s strongest ...