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LA Times on 2023-10-03 12:02

California lawmakers have a plan to plug old, vapor-spewing oil wells. Could it backfire?

A California bill requiring oil companies to set aside funds for the capping of old wells may have an unlikely detractor: Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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