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Los Angeles bans new oil and gas wells and will phase out old ones over five years

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Los Angeles has the highest concentration of urban oil fields in the U.S. The city has 700 active drilling sites, with an estimated 500,000 residents within half a mile of a well. The measure aims to phase out the wells over five years. Local activists have stated that pollution from the sites disproportionately impacts the city's Black and Latino populations.

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Los Angeles bans new oil and gas wells and will phase out old ones over five years

More than half a million people in L.A. live within a quarter-mile of active oil and gas wells that release air pollutants like benzene and hydrogen sulfide.

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Los Angeles to ban new oil and gas wells, phase out existing ones over health concerns

An opponent of the move says the policy "makes us more dependent on imported foreign oil from Saudi Arabia and Iraq."

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Los Angeles bans new oil and gas wells and will phase out old ones over five years

Los Angeles to ban new oil and gas wells, phase out existing ones over health concerns

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