{"id":3228,"date":"2023-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/3228\/big-oil-forces-a-hold-on-california-law-ending-neighborhood-drilling\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T05:51:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T05:51:28","slug":"big-oil-forces-a-hold-on-california-law-ending-neighborhood-drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/big-oil-forces-a-hold-on-california-law-ending-neighborhood-drilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Oil Forces A Hold on California Law Ending Neighborhood Drilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4subtitle'>California\u2019s Oil Industry Spends Millions to Qualify Referendum to Undo Public health buffer zone between drilling and homes<\/span><br \/><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>California\u2019s Oil Industry Spends Millions to Qualify Referendum to Undo Public health buffer zone between drilling and homes<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/8e447fe8-gp0stuktd_web_size_with_credit_line.jpg' alt='State of the State Protest in California' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'>Last Chance Alliance activists hold a rally outside Governor Newsom\u2019s State of the State address to highlight the environmental and public health threats posed by California\u2019s oil industry. Activists and community members living on the frontlines of oil production held banners and chanted their demands to underscore the urgency of the climate crisis. The Alliance is comprised of more than 700 environmental, health, justice, faith, labor, community, parent, and consumer organizations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last fall \u2013 after a decade of campaigning for protections for people living near oil drilling \u2013 California frontline communities and environmental justice groups, alongside Greenpeace USA and our supporters, won a momentous victory. But today, California\u2019s oil industry has managed to put that progress on hold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In September 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1137 into law \u2013 legislation that enacted a 3,200-foot public health and safety setback, or buffer zone, to protect sensitive sites, like homes and schools, from the toxic emissions associated with oil and gas extraction. Today, the law has been paused after being in effect for less than a month. J<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ust days after SB 1137 was signed into law, California oil and gas producers launched a petition drive for a referendum to repeal this law. After <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-business-california-gavin-newsom-climate-and-environment-27ebf1d22b0bab5b6e11756e1b3c3df6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicating more than $20 million for paid signature gathering<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on February 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2023, the referendum officially qualified to appear before voters on the 2024 ballot. This referendum accomplishes two things: it immediately pauses the implementation of the oil and gas setback and it forces voters to vote on whether or not this commonsense public health protection should become law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This sounds democratic, right? But in reality, all too often, big industries can successfully pause and even undo popular policy changes simply by dumping money misleading and dividing Californians. In fact, many Californians have already <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2022\/12\/13\/2141745\/-After-spending-20-M-Big-Oil-says-it-has-enough-signatures-for-initiative-to-reverse-setbacks-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filed formal complaints<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of misinformation and voter fraud in response to the oil industry\u2019s signature gathering tactics. That\u2019s because not only do the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/changeresearch.com\/post\/californians-overwhelmingly-want-action-on-oil-hazards-just-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overwhelming majority of Californians support setbacks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 we also have science on our side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doctors and scientists have known for years that oil and gas wells <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservation.ca.gov\/calgem\/Documents\/public-health\/Public%20Health%20Panel%20Responses_FINAL%20ADA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">emit toxic pollution that negatively impacts everyone nearby<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Living, working, or going to school near oil and gas drilling is linked to a host of harmful health impacts including asthma, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stand.la\/uploads\/5\/3\/9\/0\/53904099\/2500_literature_review_report-v2-share.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">respiratory diseases<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/2020\/06\/09\/living-near-oil-gas-wells-may-increase-preterm-birth-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preterm births<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and even <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.7b05983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cancer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Recent studies also indicate a higher risk of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/news\/hsph-in-the-news\/air-pollution-linked-with-higher-covid-19-death-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">severe complications from COVID-19<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Public health experts have recommended <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservation.ca.gov\/calgem\/Documents\/public-health\/Public%20Health%20Panel%20Responses_FINAL%20ADA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>3,200 feet as the minimum safe distance <\/b><\/a><b>between neighborhoods and drilling. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The science is clear; the public health threat is urgent. Yet, communities living near drilling are still breathing toxic air day in and day out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>In California, more than <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fractracker.org\/2022\/04\/implications-of-a-3200-foot-setback-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>2.7 million people live within 3,200 feet of an oil or gas well<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Most of them are Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian immigrants, and working class. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many more Californians work near these wells, both in the oil industry itself and at schools, healthcare facilities, and countless other professions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Californians can use this <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/ca-neighborhood-drilling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mapping tool<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to identify how close they live and work to toxic drilling.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more than a decade, frontline communities and environmental justice organizations campaigned to establish a buffer zone (or \u2018setback\u2019) between where this harmful drilling can take place relative to locations like homes, schools, and playgrounds. This fight reached a peak in the summer of 2022 when Governor Newsom announced a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/08\/12\/governor-newsoms-ambitious-climate-proposals-presented-to-legislature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">package of last minute climate bills,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> SB 1137<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a bill to establish a 3,200-foot oil and gas drilling setback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite intense lobbying by California\u2019s oil and gas interests, who had successfully killed two previous setback bills, <\/span><b>SB 1137 passed the California State Legislature on August 31, 2022 and was <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2022\/09\/16\/gov-newsom-signs-sb-1137-creating-a-safety-buffer-between-homes-and-oil-wells-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>signed into law<\/b> <\/a><b>by Governor Newsom days later<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This victory was led by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vision-ca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VISI\u00d3N<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 a coalition of environmental justice organizations and frontline communities and was buoyed by a massive coalition of California organizations, including Greenpeace USA and our supporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SB 1137 promised to usher in a safer and healthier future for millions of Californians by preventing new oil wells within 3,200 feet of communities and mandating robust pollution control measures for all existing wells. Given that about<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fractracker.org\/2022\/04\/implications-of-a-3200-foot-setback-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 25% of oil production in California<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes from within the setback distance, SB 1137 also marked an important step in the governor\u2019s commitment to move California beyond oil. But because the fossil fuel industry is hell-bent on maintaining its stranglehold on our democracy all in the name of its profits, these common sense health protections could be stripped away entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A cleaner, healthier, and more prosperous future will now be on California\u2019s 2024 ballot. And winning this ballot measure is imperative not only for the future success of environmental legislation in the California Legislature, but also to hold the line against the oil and gas industry\u2019s dirty tactics that will grow as more progress is made toward phasing out fossil fuels. This referendum is but a glimpse into Big Oil\u2019s future playbook to slow inevitable progress at all costs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This 2024 ballot measure is a massive threat to environmental and climate justice, and it means we must build bridges, unite causes, and demonstrate the people power we need to win the kind of climate action that both science and justice demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is there is something we can do <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to prevent Big Oil from turning back the clock on basic health protections for frontline communities. Governor Newsom already has the authority to stop neighborhood drilling \u2013 in fact, more than three years ago, he directed his agency CalGEM (California Geologic Energy M\u200banagement Division) to issue protections for communities living near drilling through a public health rulemaking process. We need our leaders to act urgently to speed up this stalled process. <\/span><b>Governor Newsom must act now to expedite the rulemaking process and permanently establish a buffer zone between communities and drilling. In the meantime, he must issue an emergency rule to prevent any new drilling within 3,200 feet of communities.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.us.greenpeace.org\/-CDdH3BOpUugW4sPGwVEjA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Send a message to Governor Newsom that we won\u2019t take steps back on setbacks: frontline communities need public health protections <\/b><b><i>today.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last fall \u2013 after a decade of campaigning for protections for people living near oil drilling \u2013 California frontline communities and environmental justice groups, alongside Greenpeace USA and our 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