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Clean Water Waves | In The News, March 2023
Our work to protect clean water across the country often makes the news. Clean Water Waves highlights recent articles featuring our staff speaking on their areas of activism and expertise.
Health-protective Buffer Zones Headed for the 2024 California Ballot
Last year California celebrated a major victory in the passing of SB 1137 (Gonzalez, Limon), a bill meant to ensure that oil companies wouldn’t be able to drill new oil wells within 3,200 feet of vulnerable locations such as hospitals and schools.
Keep California Safe: Oil Companies Are Risking Our Health With This Referendum
SB 1137, meant to take effect January 2023, requires oil and gas companies to keep their drilling at least 3200 ft from hospitals, schools and other vulnerable areas. Big Oil responded by filing a referendum just 3 days after it was signed into law. If they collect enough signatures, the measure will be stalled until 2024.
Public Members Resign from Sham San Joaquin Valley Air District Advisory Workgroup
All three public representatives to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District’s Emission Reduction Credit (ERC) Public Advisory Workgroup (PAW) are resigning. Along with overall frustrations with lack of accountability for systemic failures and for poor facilitation of the PAW, they are resigning in response to a two part, damning exposé from Aarón Cantú at Capital and Main showing that the fake and overvalued credits were cashed in by the oil industry to continue dangerous drilling harmful.
California Moves to Protect Communities from Oil and Gas Pollution
California is considering a 3200-foot health and safety buffer zone between new oil and gas wells and homes, schools, hospitals, as well as other sensitive receptors.