Climate Change
California Still Has No Plan to Phase Out Oil Refineries
The Golden State has the most ambitious climate goals in the country but can’t meet its targets, experts say, without making a plan to phase out harmful, climate-polluting oil refineries.
Gov. Gavin Newsom often touts California’s role as a global climate leader. Yet it’s hard to defend that claim as long as California remains one of the nation’s top oil-refining states, experts argued at a recent webinar calling for a phaseout of refineries.