California, USA, Plans to Fully Halt Oil Drilling by 2045
A view of an oil storage facility in Houston, Texas, USA. Photo by AFP·Yonhap News
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Tae-min Ryu] Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, USA, announced that he will completely halt oil drilling in the state before 2045. He also stated that new permits for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) will not be issued starting three years from now.
According to the AP News and the California Governor's Office on the 23rd (local time), Governor Newsom instructed the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) to find regulatory measures to stop issuing new permits for hydraulic fracturing starting January 2024. He also requested the Air Resources Board (CARB) to propose a plan to gradually reduce oil drilling across the state and completely stop it by 2045 at the latest.
Following this directive, the Geologic Energy Management Division is set to immediately begin preparing regulations to halt the issuance of new hydraulic fracturing permits, and the Air Resources Board will explore ways to stop oil drilling through the multi-year plan for greenhouse gas reduction called the "Climate Change Scoping Plan," the Governor's Office added. Hydraulic fracturing is a method of injecting liquid at high pressure into underground sedimentary shale layers to fracture the rock and extract oil and gas.
Governor Newsom said, "The climate crisis is real," adding, "The faster we decarbonize the transportation sector, the healthier future we can create for our children, and there appears to be no role for hydraulic fracturing in that future." He further stated, "California needs to move beyond oil."
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Wade Crowfoot, Secretary of the California Geologic Energy Management Division, said, "Governor Newsom believes the best way to ban hydraulic fracturing is through legislative amendment, but if it becomes clear that this is impossible, he has instructed us to use regulatory authority (of the executive branch)."
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