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Senator presses bill to bar imports from countries with human‑rights or environmental abuses, seeks end‑to‑end emissions accounting
Summary
Senator Grove introduced SB 13 to require state agencies to examine the environmental and human‑rights effects of importing foreign crude oil and to report lifecycle emissions associated with imported crude from origin to destination.
Senator Grove introduced SB 13, a measure that would require the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and other state agencies to report on the environmental and human‑rights consequences of importing foreign crude oil and would ask the Legislature to consider prohibitions on imports from countries with demonstrated human‑rights or environmental violations.
Grove told the committee California imports a substantial share of its crude supply and argued that foreign production in some countries has been associated with rainforest…
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