Chevron has agreed to pay a record-setting $13 million to two CA agencies for past oil spills, but some of the company’s spills are ongoing.
The fines, announced on March 20, come more than 3 years after an investigation that found that oil companies are profiting from illegal spills + that oversight of the industry by California’s oil + gas division was lax.
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https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/chevron-13-million-fine-california-oil-spills/?utm_source=sovren&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20240327
A ProPublica investigation found some of the oil giant’s spills have been going on for 20-plus years, including one larger than the Exxon Valdez disaster from which Chevron profited over $11 million.
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