Join us in urging Governor Newsom to protect our public health and climate by phasing out oil and gas drilling in California.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We, the undersigned elected officials, are deeply concerned about the immediate and long-term harms to the people we represent from climate change and pollution caused by the extraction, processing, and burning of fossil fuels.<\/span><\/p>\n
California has made great progress by committing our electricity sector to be carbon-neutral by 2045 and supporting the Paris Agreement. We appreciate that you have made addressing climate change a priority of your administration. You have rightly said, \u201cwe must map out longer-term strategies\u2026for California\u2019s energy future, to ensure that the cost of climate change doesn\u2019t fall on those least able to afford it.\u201d
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The science is clear that phasing out fossil fuel production is urgently needed to address climate change and protect public health. It is imperative that California issue no new permits and establish public health setbacks for existing oil and gas drilling. Production of oil and gas is a significant contributor to California\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions.^{1,2<\/sup> Yet California remains a top oil-producing state, and three-quarters of oil produced here is as climate-damaging as Canada\u2019s tar sands crude oil.^{3<\/sup> The disastrous consequences of fossil fuel production and burning from air pollution alone — not including escalating harms from droughts, fires, mudslides, storms, and sea level rise — already cost Californians more than 12,000 lives and $100 billion dollars annually.^{4<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n}}}
Unfortunately, the worst costs of fossil fuels are falling on Californians least able to afford them, exacerbating environmental injustices. Nearly 8,500 active California oil and gas wells are located within 2,500 feet of homes, schools, and hospitals,^{5<\/sup> where, according to the California Council on Science and Technology, exposure to toxic air contaminants and other pollution caused by oil and gas wells is a significant threat to public health.^{6<\/sup> These harms disproportionately impact people of color and economically disadvantaged communities.^{7<\/sup> Between 2011 and 2018, of the more than 21,000 new oil and gas wells permitted by the state, 76 percent are located in communities with above-average poverty rates for California, and 67 percent are located in communities of color.<\/b>^{8<\/sup><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n}}}}
These harms are a bad deal for Californians. The oil and gas industry contributes less than 0.9 percent of California\u2019s GDP and 0.2 percent of jobs,<\/b>^{9,10<\/sup> whereas transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy and expanding electrification is a net job creator.<\/b>^{11,12<\/sup><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n}}
As governor of California, you have a historic opportunity to lead our nation and the world on a pivotal path away from fossil fuels. Recognizing that we are in a climate emergency, as you have acknowledged, and given the grave public health and environmental justice consequences of fossil fuel production in California, we respectfully urge you to make a new statewide commitment and lay out a plan to achieve the following:<\/span><\/p>\n
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End the issuance of permits for new fossil fuel projects,<\/b> including permits for new oil and gas wells, infrastructure for fossil fuels, and petrochemical projects in California.<\/span><\/li>\n
Design a swift, managed decline of all fossil fuel production, starting with a 2,500-foot human health and safety buffer zone<\/b> around all homes, hospitals, schools, playgrounds, and farms to protect public health and address the severe environmental injustice of production in low-income communities and communities of color.<\/span><\/li>\n
Commit the state to 100% clean, renewable energy in all sectors, <\/b>starting with significant investments in disadvantaged communities and areas that are already suffering the most from the worst impacts of fossil fuel extraction and climate change.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Phasing out fossil fuel production is paramount to addressing climate change, and will make California healthier and safer. It will also create hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the state as we increase investment in renewable energy, clean vehicles and buildings, energy efficiency, public transportation, and other innovative solutions.^{4,12<\/sup> We must include a just transition for fossil fuel workers to help build the clean energy economy of tomorrow, reducing pollution and expanding opportunity for all.<\/span><\/p>\n}
We look to you to provide the leadership we need for a safe, healthy, and prosperous California.<\/span><\/p>\n
Respectfully,<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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California Air Resources Board. \u201cCalifornia Greenhouse Gas Emissions for 2000 to 2016: Trends of Emissions and Other Indicators.\u201d 2018 Edition, p. 11. https:\/\/www.arb.ca.gov\/cc\/inventory\/pubs\/reports\/2000_2016\/ghg_inventory_trends_00-16.pdf<\/a><\/li>
California Air Resources Board. \u201cCalifornia\u2019s 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan,\u201d November 2017, p. 10. https:\/\/www.arb.ca.gov\/cc\/scopingplan\/scoping_plan_2017.pdf?_ ga=2.253665481.1304555220.1515158610-304097323.1509477659<\/a><\/li>
Center for Biological Diversity. \u201cOil Stain: How Dirty Crude Undercuts California\u2019s Climate Progress,\u201d November 2017. https:\/\/www.biologicaldiversity.org\/programs\/climate_law_institute\/energy_and_global_warming\/pdfs\/Oil_Stain.pdf<\/a><\/li>
Jacobson, Mark Z. et al. \u201cA roadmap for repowering California for all purposes with wind, water, and sunlight.\u201d Energy (2014).\u00a0
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Oil Change International. The Sky\u2019s Limit California: Why the Paris Climate Goals Demand that California Lead in a Managed Decline of Oil Extraction. May 2018. http:\/\/priceofoil.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Skys_Limit_California_Oil_Production_R2.pdf<\/a><\/li>
California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), \u201cAn Independent Scientific Assessment of Well Stimulation in California: An Examination of Hydraulic Fracturing and Acid Stimulations in the Oil and Gas Industry \u2013 Summary Report, \u201c July 2015, p. 63. https:\/\/ccst.us\/publications\/2015\/2015SB4summary.pdf<\/a><\/li>
Srebotnjak, Tanja and Miriam Rotkin-Ellman, \u201cDrilling in California: Who\u2019s at risk?,\u201d Natural Resources Defense Council, October 2014, p. 4. https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/california-fracking-risks-report.pdf<\/a><\/li>
Center for Biological Diversity. \u201cAnalysis: Most Oil Wells Approved by Gov. Brown Are in Low-income Areas, Communities of Color.\u201d August 2018 https:\/\/www.biologicaldiversity.org\/news\/press_releases\/2018\/california-oil-drilling-08-16-2018.php<\/a><\/li>
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, \u201cGross domestic product (GDP) by state (millions of current dollars),\u201d January 24, 2018. https:\/\/www.bea.gov\/iTable\/index_regional.cfm<\/a><\/li>
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and California Employment Development Department\u2019s (EDD) Labor Market Information Division, \u201cQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages: Industry Information,\u201d industry codes 211 (Oil and gas extraction) and 213 (Support activities for mining), accessed April 2018. https:\/\/data.edd.ca.gov\/Industry-Information-\/Quarterly-Census-of-Employment-and-Wages-QCEW-\/fisq-v939<\/a><\/li>
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Garrett-Peltier, Heidi, \u201cGreen versus brown: Comparing the employment impacts of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and fossil fuels using an input output model,\u201d Economic Modeling, Volume 61, p. 439-447, February 2017. https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S026499931630709X<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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