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2 days ago · SACRAMENTO – California notched another victory against Big Oil. The industry announced it is pulling its referendum aimed at repealing California’s law protecting neighborhoods from the dangerous impacts of drilling. The measure that would have appeared on this November’s ballot could have allowed the oil industry to keep drilling new ...
1 day ago · June 27, 2024 at 8:18 AM PDT. Listen. 2:30. Canada’s newest oil pipeline has turbo-charged exports of the country’s heavy crude to Asia and a diversion through California is making for a ...
1 day ago · The law California passed in 2022 bans drilling new wells within 3,200 feet of “sensitive receptors,” defined as homes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, retirement homes, prisons and any business that is open to the public. In asking voters to block the law, the oil industry’s strategy was to portray it as an “energy shutdown.”.
1 day ago · A California law that limits the drilling of new wells near homes and schools is set to take effect after the oil industry dropped a proposal to fight these limits on the November ballot and chose to pursue legal action instead. In 2022, California lawmakers passed a bill to keep new oil wells 3,200 feet away from homes, schools, hospitals, and ...
23 hours ago · The argument was that it would only increase the state’s dependence on foreign oil and contribute to California’s high gas prices, which remain among the highest in the country. Supporters of the law countered by saying oil wells spew harmful pollution that increases the risk of ailments like asthma and cancer.
2 days ago · A record 7 million barrels-plus of oil, mostly Cold Lake, have been shipped off Vancouver this month, the first full month of operations for the 890,000 barrel-a-day Trans Mountain system. The US West Coast, particularly Los Angeles, has been the biggest recipient so far in June with 3.9 million barrels, followed by China, India and Ecuador, according to Vortexa data.
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1 day ago · A California law that limits the drilling of new wells near homes and schools is set to take effect after the oil industry dropped a proposal to fight these limits on the November ballot and chose ...
