The Los Angeles City Council Voted unamimously on friday, to ban Drilling of New Oil and Gas Wells and to phase-out existing Ones over the next 20 years.
The Vote comes after more than a Decade of complaints from City Residents that Pollution drifting from Wells was affecting their Health.
Los Angeles was once a booming Oil Town, but many of its Oil fields are now played out.
Hundreds of thousands of Angelenoshave had to live
in the shadows of Oil and Gas production,said the Council's President Paul Krekorian, who helped introduced the Measure.
Two engineers with Yorke Engineering, a California-based company that does Air Quality and Environmental Compliance Review, spoke in Opposition to the Ordinance.
They said a Ban and Phaseout would have a Negative effect because Oil and Gas Operators would abandon Wells, meaning increased Emissions.
Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer said those claims were
not credible.
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