Amid fight with oil industry, Newsom makes a last-minute pitch to harden California's climate goals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. â Gov. Gavin Newsom this week urged California lawmakers to harden the state's climate and energy goals, releasing a five-point legislative plan that promises to intensify the governor's clash with the state's powerful, billion-dollar oil industry.
The proposal calls for lawmakers to enact more aggressive targets on state laws that reduce greenhouse gases and increase the use of renewable energy.
Newsom also called for a new law that would establish health and safety buffer zones around new oil and gas wells, restrictions his administration is trying to adopt though the state's slow-moving regulatory process.
Anthony York, a spokesman for Newsom, said that with just three weeks left before lawmakers adjourn for the year, the end of the session provides an opportunity for the governor to propel climate legislation through the statehouse.
"The larger
