California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of bills aimed at moving away from reliance on fossil fuel-based energy.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, poses with lawmakers after signing a package of legislation that accelerates the climate goals of the nation's most populous state at Mare Island in Vallejo, Calif., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. – Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of bills Friday to expand California's reliance on clean energy and reduce carbon emissions, moves he said further establish the state as a global climate leader.
State Sen. Lena Gonzalez, a Democrat, was an author of one bill aimed at protecting vulnerable communities from pollution coming from oil and gas production sites. It bans the drilling of any new oil and gas wells with 3,200 feet of homes, schools and other neighborhood sites and requires wells in those zones to enact stricter safety measures. Neighborhood oil drilling is prominent around Los Angeles and oil-rich parts of the Central Valley.
The state's accelerated carbon reduction targets are a “big win for California," Kassie Siegel, of the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund, said in a statement., saying it will harm an industry that still provides many jobs throughout the state. California is the seventh-largest oil producing state.
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