Since 2019, Governor Newsom’s state oil and gas regulatory agency, CalGEM has issued over 9,000 onshore drilling permits while state lawmakers have repeatedly killed legislation that would have directly protected frontline communities from serious adverse health effects from oil and gas drilling next to homes, schools, prisons, and healthcare facilities, according to the groups. Governor More
The post Environmental Justice Advocates Respond to Oil Spill: End Neighborhood and Offshore Oil Drilling Now appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Dan Bacher.
This post was originally published on Radio Free.