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Oil Lobby Overpowers Voters To Kill Statewide Fracking Ban In California

2014-05-30 12:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ThinkProgress: A California bill that would have banned fracking while the state studied its risks was narrowly defeated in the state Senate on Thursday, despite polling that showed a majority of California voters favored the legislation. SB 1132, authored by Democratic state senators Holly Mitchell and Mark Leno, failed to pass with a vote of 18-16. In all, seven Democrats prevented the bill from moving forward, with four voting against the bill and three more abstaining from voting. The bill`s defeat was...

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