- Environmental justice advocates pressured Governor Newsom due to increased fracking permits, despite new legislation.
- Advocates claim regulator had “gone rogue” in the latter part of 2022 by issuing fracking permits in disregard of new “buffer zone” law.
By: San Joaquin Valley Sun | January 23, 2023
A move to undercut controversial drilling rules and outrage from environmental justice activists led to the ouster of California’s top oil regulator.
Speculation that former California Geologic Energy Management Division boss Uduak-Joe Ntuk, the chief regulator of California’s oil industry, was forced out due to objections from environmental groups appear to have been confirmed.
Environmental justice groups trumpeted that they had been meeting with California Gov. Gavin Newsom since the fall, according to a report from the Bakersfield Californian.
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