Los Angeles council bans oil drilling and phases out wells over 20 years
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On October 28 the LA City Council passed an ordinance that immediately stops oil extraction, bans re-drilling or deepening, and requires existing operations to be phased out within city limits over 20 years. Los Angeles is the largest U.S. city to adopt such a ban, affecting hundreds of active and thousands of inactive wells after years of lawsuits and campaigning by residents and groups including STAND-LA.
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