Californiaâs governor seeks to ban new fracking and halt oil production, but not immediately.
Pumpjacks operating in Bakersfield, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that he would halt all new fracking permits in the state by January 2024.Credit.Jae C. Hong/Associated Press
April 23, 2021, 6:25 p.m. ET
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California announced a plan on Friday to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, by 2024 and to consider phasing out oil production statewide by 2045.
The announcement, on the heels of Earth Day, came as a petition for Mr. Newsomâs recall was expected to qualify for the ballot. In the past, the governor has said he lacked the executive authority to halt fracking, which has long been a source of both pollution and higher-paying, blue-collar jobs in California.
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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.
Gov. Newsom rolls out plan to end fracking, phase out oil extraction
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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks are seen operating in Bakersfield, Calif. alifornia lawmakers on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, rejected a bill that would have banned fracking in the state, succumbing to pressure from the powerful oil and gas industry and their labor union allies who warned the bill would have cost good-paying jobs. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Gov. Newsom announced a plan to end fracking in California by 2024, and a long-term strategy to phase out oil extraction by 2045.
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