Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pumpjacks in the Inglewood Oil Field operate in close proximity to homes in September 2024. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) For ...

Los Angeles County filed an environmental lawsuit Wednesday against oil and gas well operators to compel them to address what lawyers called dangers to human health and the environment caused by ...

2:47 p.m. Dec. 12, 2025: An earlier version of this article said California law defines “exhausted wells” as those that have yielded an average daily production of two barrels of oil or less. This ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. L.A. County is suing four oil companies for allegedly failing to plug at least 227 idle wells in the Inglewood Oil ...