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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 ...
A California law that bans drilling new oil wells near places like homes and schools will take effect after the oil industry on Thursday withdrew a referendum from the November ballot asking ...
Land: Superfund law regarding hazardous waste: Supreme Court of the United States: 1988 National Assn. of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife: Water and wildlife: granting state authority over anti-pollution statutes: Supreme Court of the United States: 2007 National Audubon Society v. Superior Court: Water: supply from Mono Lake: Supreme ...
After a century and a half of drilling for oil and gas in California, the state is home to roughly 100,000 unplugged wells, which are known to leak planet-warming gases and toxic chemicals. As the ...
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 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 ...
California passed a restriction 2022 but that law has been suspended pending a referendum vote in 2024. CalGEM said it will hold a virtual public hearing on the fracking rule on Tuesday, March 26 ...