{"id":180450,"date":"2024-06-28T12:34:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=180450"},"modified":"2024-06-28T12:35:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:35:28","slug":"governor-newsom-says-california-beats-big-oil-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=180450","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Says &#8220;California Beats Big Oil \u2013 Again&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;California notched another victory against Big Oil. The industry announced it is pulling its referendum aimed at repealing California\u2019s law protecting neighborhoods from the dangerous impacts of drilling. The measure that would have appeared on this November\u2019s ballot could have allowed the oil industry to keep drilling new wells within 3,200 feet of homes and schools and operating existing wells without critical pollution controls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/449136133_1066636678153530_4588379598814201895_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180451\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/449136133_1066636678153530_4588379598814201895_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/449136133_1066636678153530_4588379598814201895_n.jpg 526w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/449136133_1066636678153530_4588379598814201895_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/449136133_1066636678153530_4588379598814201895_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/449136133_1066636678153530_4588379598814201895_n-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that the industry has pulled their referendum, implementation of California\u2019s law requiring setbacks (SB 1137) can begin \u2013 a crucial protection for public health and safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Big Oil saw what they were up against \u2014 and they folded, again. No parent in their right mind would vote to allow drilling next to daycares and playgrounds. This victory ends new harmful drilling in our communities and enforces common-sense pollution controls.\u00a0 This is a huge win for all Californians, especially the more than two million living within a half-mile of these operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Governor Gavin Newsom<\/p>\n<p>Recent California victories over Big Oil<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<pre dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Working to end price gouging.\u00a0Governor Newsom signed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&amp;id=f9342fab87&amp;e=905e449cc5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dafffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55%26id%3Df9342fab87%26e%3D905e449cc5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1719688590250000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JH79Fgc05fng6zYnK2xDF\">first-in-the-nation law<\/a>\u00a0to combat price gouging at the pump last year after calling for a special session of the Legislature to hold Big Oil accountable. The law implemented new accountability measures and created an independent watchdog.<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<pre dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Suing Big Oil for decades of deception.\u00a0California\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&amp;id=1b70d67812&amp;e=905e449cc5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dafffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55%26id%3D1b70d67812%26e%3D905e449cc5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1719688590250000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KN1QR06h8V4oMmgg6Hd38\">filed a lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0last fall against Big Oil for more than 50 years of deception, cover-up, and damage that have cost taxpayers billions of dollars in health and environmental impacts.<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<pre dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Protecting nation-leading vehicle pollution standards.\u00a0The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&amp;id=96d735d652&amp;e=905e449cc5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mclist.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dafffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55%26id%3D96d735d652%26e%3D905e449cc5&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1719688590250000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Byf9VDetMrz7Z9adzu6y_\">reaffirmed<\/a>\u00a0California\u2019s decades-old authority to set clean vehicle standards. The decision was a victory against Big Oil and red states seeking to overturn California\u2019s authority.<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;California notched another victory against Big Oil. The industry announced it is pulling its referendum aimed at repealing California\u2019s law protecting neighborhoods from the dangerous impacts of drilling. The measure that would have appeared on this November\u2019s ballot could have allowed the oil industry to keep drilling new wells within 3,200 feet of homes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/449136133_1066636678153530_4588379598814201895_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=180450"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180453,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180450\/revisions\/180453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/180451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=180450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=180450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=180450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}