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California Legislature Debates Fracking Moratorium
2014-04-09 08:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPBS: Most hydraulic fracturing in California is done to extract to oil in areas like this field in Kern County. A California senate committee has moved a bill forward that would place a moratorium on fracking. The move comes less than a year after the passage of legislation that regulates the oil-extraction process. Senate Bill 4 put several fracking regulations in place for the oil industry. SB4 also requires a study analyzing the health and safety risks of fracking. At the committee hearing, oil...
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