California Lawmakers Call to Halt Offshore Drilling After Disastrous Orange County Spill

After a major oil leak wreaked havoc on the Orange County coast; state lawmakers convened in Sacramento on Thursday to demand that those responsible "be held accountable," with one senator calling for a stop to California's offshore drilling.

Newsom said in April that new licenses for hydraulic fracturing will be prohibited beginning in 2024, putting an end to the contentious oil extraction technology that has been a focus of environmental campaigners for years.

The governor also asked the California Air Resources Board to figure out how to phase out all oil extraction by 2045. According to the governor's office, Newsom's request to stop the sale of new gas-powered automobiles in California by 2035 would coincide with California's attempt to achieve economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045.

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