A California bill that would have banned offshore drilling in state waters failed to advance from a key committee on Thursday, dealing a deathblow to the legislation spurred by last fall’s Orange County oil spill that leaked 25,000 gallons of crude into pristine waters.
Even after the measure was updated to delay when the extraction practice would cease, it faced opposition from the fossil fuel industry and its labor allies, two politically powerful forces in the California Capitol that have killed other climate legislation in recent years.
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