Newsom Goes to War Against Oil and Gas Industry: ‘They’ve Been Gouging
Breitbart ^ | 09/25/2024 | Joel B. Pollak
Posted on 09/25/2024 1:23:04 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
LOS ANGELES, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) traveled to Baldwin Hills to sign legislation restricting oil and gas facilities — and removing the pumpjacks behind him, ending a century of the oil and industry’s role in the area.
AB 2716 will close the Baldwin Hills oil facilities, which existed prior to the surrounding area becoming developed for residential use, but which now sit inside what has become L.A.’s most prominent middle-class black neighborhood.
AB 3233 will give local authorities more power to prohibit oil and gas drilling. AB 1866 will expand on existing law and increase and accelerate the penalties for not capping idle wells within existing oil and gas production facilities.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gas; gouging; industry; newsom; oil; war
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Oil and gas companies should just get out of California and give Newsom the finger
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