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This Jan. 16, 2015, file photo shows pumpjacks operating at the Kern River Oil Field in Bakersfield, Calif. | Jae C. Hong, File/AP
California s fossil fuel expansion plan to test Newsom s clean energy record
SACRAMENTO Kern County officials approved a plan that could increase the number of oil wells in California by a staggering 40 percent or more over the next 15 years a shift that is unfolding even as Gov. Gavin Newsom works to burnish his clean energy credentials.
Experts and insiders expect the Newsom administration will honor the local decision by signing off on many of the drilling applications, which could undermine the governor s climate-friendly image and damage his relationship with environmentalists.
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