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Oil lobbyists seek environmental exemption ahead of California frack bill vote

2013-09-10 14:36:27| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EnergyWire: Oil industry lobbyists sought to gain an exemption from the leading California environmental law as they pushed back against legislation mandating oversight of hydraulic fracturing, multiple people familiar with the activities said. The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) last week offered language that would have given oil companies conducting fracking on wells a release from requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, legislative aides and green groups said. The...

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