An environmental activist organization is suing California for approving more than a dozen oil and gas wells in Los Angeles and Kern counties, claiming the wells would harm the health of its members. The Center for Biological Diversity, a national nonprofit that routinely uses the court system to reach its environmental goals, sued the state’s…

Oil and gas firms want the Biden administration to make small wells exempt from rules aimed at controlling methane emissions, arguing that such measures are unnecessary for the segment. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed measures according to which oil and gas companies will have to monitor their biggest wells every three months…