Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he has taken action to end the state’s issuing of new permits for fracking by 2024.

Newsom directed the state’s Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) to take regulatory action to stop issuing new permits for hydraulic fracturing — also known as fracking — by January 2024 and also asked the California Air Resources Board to look into ways to phase out oil extraction across the state by 2045.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.