Apr 23, 2021 10:50 PM EDT
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California, the most populous state in the United States, produces the third most oil in the world. That will be the first state to stop extracting all resources.
Executive Order
Gavin Newsom s executive order, signed on Friday, paves the way for California to cease issuing new drilling licenses in the coming years, granting the state s Department of Conservation until 2024 to draft a mandate. The order further instructs the California Air Resources Board to study how to enforce a 25-year moratorium on all mining.
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The organization will research the environmental and health benefits of stopping oil production and ways to minimize the economic impact.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday directed the state s top oil regulator to immediately begin crafting a regulation to halt new hydraulic fracturing permits by 2024.
In addition to his order to the state s Geologic Energy Management Division, Newsom asked the California Air Resources Board to study ways to phase out all oil extraction across the state by no later than 2045.
“The climate crisis is real, and we continue to see the signs every day,” Newsom said in a news release. “As we move to swiftly decarbonize our transportation sector and create a healthier future for our children, I’ve made it clear I don’t see a role for fracking in that future and similarly, believe that California needs to move beyond oil.”