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California Ranks #1 For Highest Gas Prices in Nation

October 27, 2021   11:14 amOctober 27, 2021   11:14 am
The national average price for a gallon of gasoline rose six cents over the past week to hit $3.38, according to AAA. California has the highest average cost for regular grade gas at $4.54 a gallon, $4.745 for mid-grade unleaded,...
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Monterey County Fracking Ban Overturned By State Appellate Court

October 14, 2021   4:18 pmOctober 18, 2021   7:25 pm
A panel for the Sixth Appellate District of the California Court of Appeals unanimously ruled on Wednesday that Monterey County’s Measure Z, which banned oil and gas extraction such as fracking, was breaking state law and thus will still be...
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Bad Timing: California Denies 21 Fracking Permits in Kern County

July 10, 2021   9:38 amJuly 10, 2021   9:38 am
California’s Geologic Energy Management Division just denied 21 oil drilling permits in Kern County this week. “State Oil and Gas Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk sent letters Thursday to Aera Energy denying permits to drill using hydraulic fracturing in two Kern County...
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Gov. Newsom Executive Action to Ban Fracking by 2024 and End Oil Extraction by 2045

April 24, 2021   2:06 amApril 26, 2021   6:17 am
Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that he will be banning all new fracking permits in California by 2024 by using his executive authority and added that he will look into halting all oil extraction in the state by 2045....
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Fracking Ban Bill Fails in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee

April 14, 2021   2:55 pmApril 16, 2021   7:34 am
A bill that would have banned fracking in California by 2027 and prohibited all oil and gas wells from being operated nearby homes, schools, and other populated areas failed in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee on Tuesday by...
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Kern County Board of Supervisors Passes Revised Oil Well Drilling Plan

March 10, 2021   7:04 pm
On Monday, the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to revise a county ordinance that streamlines environmental impact reports to approve up to 2, 700 new wells a year for the next 15 years. The movement to to create...
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Lawsuit Filed Against California, CalGEM Over Fracking Environmental Reviews

February 25, 2021   3:17 pm
The state of California was sued this week by an environmental group for approving thousands of oil and gas drilling and fracking projects without the required environmental review. In the suit Center for Biological Diversity V. California Geologic Energy Management...
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