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Newsom Administration Doubles New Oil And Gas Production Well Permits, Misses Deadline for Drilling Setback Rule, Says Consumer Watchdog News provided by Share this article Share this article LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- California oil regulators more than doubled the dispensing of permits in 2020 to drill new oil and gas production wells, issuing more than 1,700 in 2020, Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance reported today.  At the same time, the Newsom Administration failed to meet its own New Year's Eve deadline for a draft rule designating the safe distance for drill...

>> and nick schifrin at the big international conference going on in kabul. thanks, nick. in the gulf of mexico this morning, bp's ruptured well is leaking oil and gas. but for now, the containment cap will stay in place. while engineers monitor for any signs that the disaster could get even worse. john hendren is in buras, louisiana, with the latest on the ongoing well watch. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. it was supposed to be a two-day test, we are now in day five and bp is considering an intriguing new way to clog that well. these troubling bubbles near the new cap ...

Senators from new york and new jersey over the issue as well. this morning the gulf of mexico, the containment cap on bp's ruptured well is leaking oil and gas. but for now, the government is allowing that cap to stay in place. matt gutman is in buras, louisiana, now with the latest on the ongoing well watch. >> reporter: it began as a tense day here in the gulf of mexico. at first, we heard that those leaks, those bubbles that appeared before bp's cameras underwater, may have signaled a significant leak in the well, perhaps even a rupture. >> what we're actually looking for in this case wou...