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KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles: Local Elected Leaders Renew Calls For Ban Of Offshore Oil Drilling

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Energy

CA Permit Approvals For New Well Drills Are Down 64% For The First Six Months; Consumer Watchdog Urges Governor To Seize Golden Opportunity To...

Los Angeles, CA — Permit approvals to drill or rework new oil wells fell by 64% in the first six months of 2021 over the same period last year,...
Liza Tucker -
Energy

KNBC TV-4 LA: Health Impact Of Inglewood Oil Fields Disproportionately Hurts Minorities

Mark Reback -
Energy

Consumer Watchdog Applauds Fracking Ban, Calls For More Steps As First Quarter 2021 Oil Permit Approvals Plunge

Los Angeles, CA — Governor Newson’s ban on fracking in 2024 is a step in the right direction, and with the number of permit approvals falling dramatically so far...
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Energy

KENS CBS TV-5, San Antonio, TX: Keystone Pipeline Shutdown Good For Consumers

Mark Reback -
Energy

Newsom Administration Doubles New Oil And Gas Production Well Permits, Misses Deadline for Drilling Setback Rule

Los Angeles, CA — 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...
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Two Years Later, Newsom Has Failed on Climate

Despite bold promises, our Governor has continuously sided with oil and gas. By Alexandra Nagy, KNOCK LA January 12, 2021 https://knock-la.com/newsom-oil-and-gas-fracking-2021-48d3c44b015f It’s been two years since Gavin Newsom was elected California’s Governor, and...
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In The News

Amid Climate Crisis, California Approves Far More Drilling Permits

By Dustin Gardner, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE December 23, 2020 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-approved-far-more-permits-to-drill-15825548.php SACRAMENTO — In the same year Gov. Gavin Newsom declared that the state faced a “climate damn emergency” with wildfires, his administration approved far...
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In The News

California Oil Regulators Issued Hundreds Of Improper Permits, Audit Finds

By Janet Wilson, PALM SPRINGS DESERT SUN November 26, 2020 https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2020/11/26/audit-calgem-says-calgem-california-oil-regulators-issued-improper-permits/6428183002/ California oil regulators ignored their own regulations and issued improper permits for hundreds of new wells last year, according to an audit...
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Energy

CA Permits To Drill New Oil And Gas Production Wells Rose 160%, While New Wells Actually Drilled Plummets To 60;

Los Angeles, CA — Oil companies received 160% more oil production drilling permits in the first nine months of 2020 over the year before, but the number of oil...
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