A long-running effort to overhaul the federal permitting process moved closer to a potential bipartisan agreement last week.

Governor Gavin Newsom has authorized California to move forward with plans to link the state’s Cap-and-Invest program with Washington State’s carbon market.

California policymakers often point to the global oil market when explaining the state's persistently high gasoline prices.

For years, California policymakers have argued that residents are willing to shoulder higher costs in exchange for the state's aggressive climate policies.

CIPA this week submitted extensive comments to Los Angeles County challenging the adequacy of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the County’s proposed Revised Oil Well Ordinance

Despite strong opposition from CIPA, local oil workers, royalty owners, agricultural interests, and North County residents, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to prohibit new onshore oil and gas wells and the reentry of previously abandoned wells

CIPA members received some good news on regulatory costs this week, as the State Water Resources Control Board unanimously approved its fiscal year 2026-27 permit fee schedules

As California loses refining capacity and becomes increasingly dependent on imported gasoline, state officials are advancing a new argument

Tomorrow, approximately 60 oil workers, royalty owners, oil company employees, and other supporters of local energy production are expected to descend on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting to oppose the County's proposed ban on new oil and gas wells.

California's diesel crisis has reached a remarkable milestone: some fuel pumps are literally running out of numbers.