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County Votes To Begin Phase-Out Of Oil and Gas Drilling

On Sept. 16, the Los Angeles County  Board of Supervisors made a historic move with a unanimous vote to end urban oil and gas drilling in unincorporated areas of LA County. That means an immediate ban on drilling any new oil wells and a plan to decommission existing ones. 

The Board will also move ahead with a program proposed by Janice Hahn that will make sure hundreds of abandoned oil wells in residential neighborhoods are plugged and capped so they don’t pose a threat to residents and the groundwater supply.

Further, the Board voted to ensure that it connects the workers at drilling sites to new, good-paying, clean energy jobs.

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