Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition

Grist
By Jake BittleMay 15, 2024, 4:45 am155 pts
Les Clark III took charge of the West Side Recreation and Park District in 2018, just as the bottom was falling out in Taft, California. The oil pumps that surrounded the town of 9,000 had been nodding up and down for decades, but all at once they froze in place, beams hovering in the air like hammers about to…

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