Beyond oil : California Governor seeks to ban fracking and phase out fossil fuel production
Jessica Rawnsley
Gavin Newsom proposes wide-ranging new vision for winding down fossil fuel production in the world s fifth largest economy
The second day of President Biden s Climate Leaders Summit secured a major coup late last week, after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an ambitious plan to end fracking in the state by 2024 and explore ways to phase out oil extraction state-wide by 2045.
The proposed moves would ban new fracking permits from 2024 and impose more rigorous scrutiny on current permit applications to ensure projects do not breach existing reglations. Regulatory bodies, including the California Air Resources Board (CARB), have also been directed to analyse pathways to completely phase out the state s oil production by no later than 2045.
“We need to give voters more credit than some talking heads and pundits tend to do,” said Steven Greenberg, pollster for Siena College. “Voters see (governors) a lot closer and know a lot more about what they re doing, and therefore can nuance their views (better).”
Polarization - particularly in presidential battleground states - also seems to limit the swing of approval numbers these days. Although most governors saw a double-digit boost in approvals during the early months of the pandemic, most politicians have seen those gains come back to Earth as the partisan divide over COVID deepens.
Bigger swings have been seen in states without deeply-sowed partisan lines, as the most popular governors in the country during the pandemic were moderate Republicans leading traditionally-blue states, according to data intelligence company Morning Consult.
“We need to give voters more credit than some talking heads and pundits tend to do,” said Steven Greenberg, pollster for Siena College. “Voters see (governors) a lot closer and know a lot more about what they re doing, and therefore can nuance their views (better).”
Polarization - particularly in presidential battleground states - also seems to limit the swing of approval numbers these days. Although most governors saw a double-digit boost in approvals during the early months of the pandemic, most politicians have seen those gains come back to Earth as the partisan divide over COVID deepens.
Bigger swings have been seen in states without deeply-sowed partisan lines, as the most popular governors in the country during the pandemic were moderate Republicans leading traditionally-blue states, according to data intelligence company Morning Consult.
Elections Aug 12, 2020
Tuesday was a day where voters cast ballots in new and old ways. But however they did it, many voters were voting at the last-minute. “I’ve had it for probably close to a week and I’m a last-minute kind of guy.” That’s what Breck McNab said as he dropped his ballot in the box outside Hartford City Hall. It.