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The owner of an oil field in Los Angeles County is suing the state of California over a law that will require it to stop production and plug its wells or face costly fines. Inglewood Oil Field ...
Furthermore, the Oil Pollution Act allows for additional liability enacted by other relevant state laws. [11] Under the Oil Pollution Act, federal, tribal, state, and any other person can recover removal costs from a responsible party so long as such entity has incurred costs from carrying out oil removal activities in accordance with the Clean ...
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA / ˈ s iː. k w ə /) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-governor Ronald Reagan, [1] [2] shortly after the United States federal government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to institute a statewide policy of environmental protection.
The result varies state-to-state. In 2023, a recent law in California banning new drilling in certain places including homes, schools, and healthcare facilities gathered enough signatures to put a referendum, filed on behalf of a board member of the California Independent Petroleum Association, on the 2024 general election ballot.
The industry’s decision came after negotiations with a state lawmaker who introduced a bill that would severely penalize oil producers. Gov. Gavin Newsom also backed an expensive, high-profile ...
The nonprofit California Council on Science and Technology estimates that of more than 100,000 active and idle oil wells in the state, some 5,540 are orphaned. Cleaning them up could cost the ...
A law signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom — and opposed by oil and gas drillers — increases the minimum distance between new wells and residential neighborhoods. (Associated Press)
Several attempts by Congress to establish more encompassing and elaborate oil pollution laws were hindered by conflicts among interest groups, which mostly produced stalemates. One such conflict was federal law limiting a state's ability to enforce requirements and liability for parties responsible for causing oil spills.