Op-Ed: Where are drilling protections for California residents? Michael Freeman and Colin O Brien © (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times) The Phillips 66 refinery in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington. While California has been working new regulations, Gov. Gavin Newsom s administration approved over 3,000 new oil and gas permits, nearly 300 of which were for wells within 2,500 feet of a home, a school or a place where people receive healthcare. (Los Angeles Times)
California is one of the leading oil producers in the country, yet its residents don’t have a basic safeguard from industry hazards: buffer zones to protect people from oil and gas extraction near homes and schools. A new wave of scientific research has documented the health problems for people living near drilling operations, making this issue even more urgent.
Op-Ed: Where are drilling protections for California residents?
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Big Oil Spent $10 million Lobbying California Officials in 2020 Details
ENERGY POLITICS-The powerful oil industry lobby in California in 2020 spent less on lobbying in California than it did in 2019,
but still managed to defeat legislation it opposed and getting CalGEM, the state’s gas and oil regulatory agency, to double the number of new oil production well permits approved in the state.
The top four oil industry lobbyist employers the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), Chevron, Aera Energy and California Resources Corporation spent $10,192,047 lobbying the Governor’s Office, Legislature and regulatory agencies to advance Big Oil’s agenda in 2020, according to data posted on the California Secretary of State’s website by February 1.
Consumer Watchdog Applauds Bill To Ban All Dangerous Forms Of Oil Extraction Including Hydraulic Fracturing
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Consumer Watchdog today welcomed newly introduced state legislation SB 467 to ban fracking and a host of other more commonly employed and dangerous techniques used to coax stubborn-and-hard to reach oil and gas out of the ground. This bill is the quickest and soundest way to ensure a transition away from oil and gas production in California while the Newsom Administration endlessly studies how to accomplish the task, said consumer advocate Liza Tucker. It employs common sense in a step-by-step approach that also considers the needs of oil workers in the context of protecting public health and the environment.