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Tristan Partridge1, Javiera Barandiaran2, Casey Walsh3
1Institute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2150, United States.
The Extractive Industries and Society
|August 25, 2020
Summary
California
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Climate Policy
- Energy Studies
Background:
- California aims for carbon neutrality by 2045, yet maintains high oil production.
- Decentralized county-level decision-making complicates climate policy implementation.
- Enhanced oil extraction proposals face scrutiny amid climate goals.
Purpose of the Study:
- Analyze enhanced oil extraction proposals in Santa Barbara County's Cat Canyon oilfield.
- Examine the gap between local oil politics and state climate ambitions.
- Identify strategies to align local extraction decisions with state climate goals.
Main Methods:
- Case study analysis of enhanced extraction proposals.
- Review of county and state-level policy documents.
- Assessment of factors influencing development decisions.
Main Results:
- Oil industry volatility and public opposition, not state regulations, aligned county plans with climate goals.
- Two of three enhanced extraction proposals were withdrawn.
- Decentralized decision-making creates a gap between climate policy and oil production.
Conclusions:
- California needs strategies to bridge local decision-making and state climate action.
- Recommendations include a ban on new enhanced oil extraction, buffer zones, and just transition funds.
- Leveraging the oil surplus from Covid-19 for well decommissioning is a viable opportunity.
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