Supreme Court Allows San Francisco, Oakland Lawsuits Against Big Oil Companies To Proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to throw the suits out of court, although the cases still face many daunting obstacles ahead.
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to throw the suits out of court, although the cases still face many daunting obstacles ahead.
BP Energy Company is paying California $102 million to settle claims that it overcharged the state for natural gas between 2003 and 2012.
California Assembly members considered swing votes on legislation to reduce carbon emissions among top recipients of oil companies' funds.
BP is selling part of its stake in an emerging oil-producing region in the Gulf of Mexico to Chevron, and the two companies, along with Conoco Phillips, will work to develop the fields together.
The BP oil spill left an oily "bathub ring" on the sea floor that's about the size of Rhode Island, new research shows.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris and district attorneys from seven counties across the state filed suit Monday alleging that BP and Arco have engaged in environmental violations at more than 780 gas stations in the state.
The 2012 presidential campaign between President Obama and Mitt Romney will be book-ended by hurricanes.
Members of several investigative agencies provided an update on the Chevron Refinery fire for residents of the West County community on Monday.
The sun beamed across a clear blue sky and a marching band played as the Coast Guard cutter Aspen docked on Yerba Buena Island, five months after it was dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico to help clean up the BP spill.
