Settlement

The pipeline, now owned by Sable Offshore Corp., ruptured, spilling over 100,000 gallons of crude oil near Refugio State Beach in Goleta.

Company at fault for Refugio oil spill agrees to pay back millions

Amanda Wernik

The company responsible for the 2015 Refugio spill has agreed to a settlement that will pay the state tens-of-millions of dollars for cleanup costs.

New settlement agrees on $3.9 billion to decommission Diablo Canyon

A proposed settlement agreement has been reached regarding the decommissioning of the Central Coast’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.The agreement is…

Legal settlement continues freeze on public land oil and gas leases

A legal settlement this week will make it harder for the Trump administration to open federally-owned public lands to oil and gas development,…

Environment and Energy

Monterey County reaches settlement over environmental lawsuits

A couple of environmental lawsuits filed against Monterey County were settled Tuesday—at least for the time being.Landwatch Monterey County and The Open…

Environment and Energy

Central Coast counties get portion of $2.8 million environmental judgement against national retailer

A Monterey County judge ordered Tuesday the parent company of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods to pay $2.8 million in penalties related to environmental…

City pays $125,000 to settle lawsuit over ticket quotas

Paso Robles Daily NewsThe city of Paso Robles offered $125,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former police officer who accused the department of traffic ticket…