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

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

The legal battle over local oil permitting returned to federal court this week as environmental groups filed suit accusing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management of issuing oil and gas ...

“The codependence between Kern and the oil and gas industry may persist in other ways ... feet or further away from a sensitive location, even though the county intended to allow drilling as close as ...

It's no secret that oil and gas are big here in Kern County, I'm Sam Hoyle your neighborhood ... by removing some of the regulatory hurdles to drilling for oil on federal land.

Health and Conservation Groups Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approvals for New Oil, Gas Drilling on California Public Lands in ...

It has been like Christmas lately at the Kern County ... town days of the oil town. A new law requiring homes, business and schools be more than 3,200 feet from oil well drilling put McKittrick ...

She said. Jesse Rojas is also a supporter of our local oil and gas industry. “Locally, what does this mean for Kern County?" "Well, first of all, you heard it, ‘Drill, baby, drill!’ ...

The lawsuit — led by Earthjustice — argues BLM did not consider the cumulative environmental harms of greenlighting 25 new ...

A complaint filed in the U.S. Eastern District Court of California claims that the federal agency’s decision is at the ...