In the News | Governing

Kern County Will Sue Gavin Newsom for Efforts to Ban Fracking

August 16, 2021 – While the Western United States and other regions around the world endure intensifying wildfires that climate scientists have long warned of, the California town Greenville garnered global attention on Thursday after the Dixie Fire—now over 322,000 acres—”leveled” much of the tiny community. Read More →
TAGS: Gov. Newsom, Oil Drilling in California
In the News | Common Dreams

‘Like a Blowtorch’: Historic Dixie Fire ‘Catastrophically’ Destroys Greenville, California

August 5, 2021 – While the Western United States and other regions around the world endure intensifying wildfires that climate scientists have long warned of, the California town Greenville garnered global attention on Thursday after the Dixie Fire—now over 322,000 acres—”leveled” much of the tiny community. Read More →
TAGS: Gov. Newsom, Oil Drilling in California
In the News | Inside Climate News

The Carbon Cost of California’s Most Prolific Oil Fields

August 3, 2021 – On the list of top U.S. states for oil production, California ranks seventh, which is undoubtedly a surprise to many who focus on the state’s green and progressive environmental laws. Thanks to those laws, the California Air Resources Board collects data not only on the amount of oil extracted from every oil field in the state, but on how much energy is required to get each barrel of crude out of the ground. Read More →
TAGS: Oil Drilling in California
In the News | San Francisco Chronicle

Carbon neutral isn’t good enough. California needs to be carbon negative by 2030

July 30, 2021 – Amid record heat waves, fires, and a federal energy and climate policy landscape that is in some ways even more aggressive than California’s, Gov. Gavin Newsom recently asked state agencies to accelerate their clean energy, environmental justice and climate protection goals. Read More →
TAGS: Environmental Justice, Gov. Newsom, Oil Drilling in California