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Supervisors direct work on health protections and 'just transition' as county phases out urban oil drilling
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a motion to identify gaps in health and safety protections during the phase-out of urban oil drilling, reconvene a just-transition task force, and develop policies for remediation and worker transition; the vote was 5-0.
Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously May 13 to deepen planning around the phase-out of urban oil drilling and to develop health protections for communities that continue to live near active wells.
Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell framed the motion as a response to decades of research linking oil operations to health harms and to recent studies the county released showing higher preterm birth rates among residents downwind of the Inglewood oil field. The motion directs county departments to identify gaps in current protections, recommend new…
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