Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Environmental, climate, and public health advocates on Thursday cheered what one green group called a 'historic win' as a Big Oil industry group dropped a California ballot measure challenging a law banning oil drilling near homes, schools, and businesses.
' Bhakta added that Newsom must now 'immediately shut down the dangerous Aliso Canyon gas storage facility which was the site of the biggest methane blowout in U.S. history almost a decade ago and is an ongoing threat to nearby residents.
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