California’s Energy Transition from Oil State to Fossil Free: Introduction Part Two—Fracking

Part two of the introduction discusses California’s recent opposition to fracking, including recent legislative efforts and regulatory actions.

In addition to his sweeping policy goals on transportation, Gavin Newsom took aim at fracking, a well stimulation method that injects water and chemicals into difficult geological formations in order to allow subsurface oil and gas to flow. Executive Order N-79-20 stated that California “must focus on the impacts of oil extraction as it transitions away…