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In this second installment of a series profiling some of the many ways that the fossil fuel industry exerts pressure across California’s government, we look at how the fossil fuel friendships inside one regulatory agency have corrupted its mission to protect public health and our environment.
The California Geological Energy Management Division (CalGEM) of the California Department of Conservation is a fairly obscure government agency for most Californians, and its Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk is generally not a household name. But both the agency and its supervisor’s decisions impact the health of millions of Californians and the environment. CalGEM has responsibility for the oversight of the oil and gas industry; however, it has a long legacy of cozy ties to fossil fuel interests including years of controversies of weak enforcement and close relationsh