Among the closely watched items are reauthorization of California’s signature cap-and-trade program and expansion of a regional electricity market.| Los Angeles Times
In a bid to stabilize struggling crude-oil refineries, state lawmakers on Saturday passed a last-minute bill that would allow the construction of 2,000 new oil wells annually in the San Joaquin Valley while further restricting drilling along California’s iconic coastline.| Los Angeles Times
The compromise would streamline environmental approvals for new wells in oil-rich Kern County and make offshore drilling more difficult by tightening the safety and regulatory requirements for pipelines.| Los Angeles Times
