California air board staff is detailing new regulatory proposals under the low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) that will expand credit for hydrogen fueling stations and fast charging for electric vehicles (EVs), two controversial amendments that were ordered last month by board members despite an acknowledgment that they stray from the program's foundational aim for "fuel neutrality."

A new legislatively mandated advisory panel administered by Cal/EPA that is tasked with providing a new level of accountability for the environmental and economic performance of the state's greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program and other climate policies is preparing to hold its first meeting on June 20.

Environmentalists are appealing a March superior court ruling that largely backed Kern County's 2015 oil and gas drilling ordinance, charging that the plan contains numerous violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and should be decertified and rewritten before any permits are issued.

A leading Senate Democrat's bill to extend research on a potential new state mileage-based fee on motorists that would replace the gasoline tax is drawing questions and concerns from some lawmakers over a recently completed pilot project that officials admit failed to include enough low-income residents and people in other demographics.