We will never create the green and peaceful future we all want if racist systems continue to divide and exploit us. The powerful use that division to continue profiting from the destruction of the environment and to strip us of our dignity, our health, our livelihood, and all too often, our lives.
Greenpeace USA
by Katie Nelson
Email
Governor Newsom’s announcement banning new fracking permits starting in 2024 and analyzing pathways for a phase out of oil extraction is not enough to address the urgent climate and public health crises facing Californians
Sacramento, California Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a ban on new hydraulic fracturing permits starting in 2024. Additionally, the governor requested that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) explore avenues to phase out fossil fuel extraction in the state by no later than 2045 an almost 25 year timeline to take the action that science tells us we need urgently in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. These announcements follow the governor’s September Executive Order calling on the California state legislature to ban fracking, as well as last week’s failed vote on SB 467, which proposed a timeline for phasing out fracking and other extreme drilling techniques.