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Newsom orders halt to new fracking in California starting in 2024 - and wants to end all drilling by 2045
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Pumpjacks are seen operating in Bakersfield in 2015. On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom set in motion a process that will end new permits for the oil extraction method known as fracking by 2024.Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
SACRAMENTO Gov. Gavin Newsom directed the state Friday to stop issuing permits for the oil extraction method known as fracking by January 2024 and to draw up plans to end all fossil-fuel drilling in California by 2045 the most sweeping declaration of its kind in the nation.
Pumpjacks operate at the Kern River Oil Field in Bakersfield, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday issued a sweeping ban of new fracking permits, claiming the popular oil extraction method contradicts the state’s future climate change goals and must be phased out.
Answering the calls of environmental groups that have been demanding a ban on the process formally known as hydraulic fracturing for over a decade, Newsom resorted to executive action after lawmakers rejected a proposal to ban the practice last week. The order directs regulators to stop issuing new fracking permits by 2024 and prep for the complete demise of oil extraction activities by 2045.
California governor tells top oil regulator to phase out new fracking by 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday directed the state s top oil regulator, the Geologic Energy Management Division, to immediately begin crafting a regulation to halt new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024.
Newsom also asked the California Air Resources Board to study ways to phase out all oil extraction across the state by no later than 2045.
“The climate crisis is real, and we continue to see the signs every day,” Newsom said in a written news release. “As we move to swiftly decarbonize our transportation sector and create a healthier future for our children, I’ve made it clear I don’t see a role for fracking in that future and similarly, believe that California needs to move beyond oil.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom orders ban on new fracking permits by 2024, wants to stop all oil drilling by 2045 Janet Wilson, Palm Springs Desert Sun
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday directed the state s top oil regulator to immediately begin crafting a regulation to halt new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024.
In addition to his order to the state s Geologic Energy Management Division, Newsom asked the California Air Resources Board to study ways to phase out all oil extraction across the state by no later than 2045.
“The climate crisis is real, and we continue to see the signs every day,” Newsom said in a news release. “As we move to swiftly decarbonize our transportation sector and create a healthier future for our children, I’ve made it clear I don’t see a role for fracking in that future and similarly, believe that California needs to move beyond oil.”
Palm Springs Desert Sun
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday directed the state s top oil regulator to immediately begin crafting a regulation to halt new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024.
In addition to his order to the state s Geologic Energy Management Division, Newsom asked the California Air Resources Board to study ways to phase out all oil extraction across the state by no later than 2045.
“The climate crisis is real, and we continue to see the signs every day,” Newsom said in a news release. “As we move to swiftly decarbonize our transportation sector and create a healthier future for our children, I’ve made it clear I don’t see a role for fracking in that future and similarly, believe that California needs to move beyond oil.”