Posted on 12/05/2022 1:55:10 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday unanimously approved a ban on oil and gas drilling within the city limits, finalizing steps toward a ban that were first made at the beginning of the year.
Council members approved 12-0 a resolution enacting an immediate ban on all new oil and drilling. The city will also decommission existing oil wells and operations within 20 years, according to a fact sheet.
Before the vote, City Council President Paul Krekorian called the city’s forthcoming ban a “watershed moment” for climate action.
“Part of [the city’s] economic growth was because of the oil and gas industry at the beginning of the Twentieth Century,” Krekorian said. “But the result of that incredible growth contaminated countless parts of this city, countless neighborhoods.”
Oil drilling has helped the U.S. become energy independent but contributes to global warming and air pollution. Angelenos who live near oil production operations have raised various health concerns related to air pollution for years.
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Brave of them.
Yet they bitch about the price of gas.
The biggest CONTAMINATION is from the Liberals & the ILLEGALS
The Russian and Saudi’s will be glad to hear this and will gladly pump more to supply your needs... at a PRICE!
California is suicidal.
Whipstocking ?
Not enough. Ban & remove all current gas stations from city limits. Come on...do it.
Los Angeles City Council approves ban on citizens with IQs above the melting point (in °F) of gallium.
Ownders of real estate in Ladera Heights will be the big winners. Now who is it that lives in Ladera Heights?
If they were intellectually honest they would take such actions. If oil and gas are so offensive to their environmental sensibilities, they should ban everything now, with no phase out period.
The Los Angeles city council must have plans to turn all the oil fields into housing projects for all the illegals life time votes on hand.
EXCELLENT! Then simply horizontally drill into the underlying oil strata and suck them dry!! It’s all legal!
Very brave. They will shut down oil 20 years from now when all current officials are out of office.
ROTFLMAO. The City Council sure has a lot of out of work standup comedians in their ranks.
I bet beach goers will be complaining when the tar balls start showing up on the beach again.
Darn good movie
How much revenue will this cause them and have they thought about that or care?
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