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Big Oil run amok in Kern County
2015-12-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: In California, we like to think of ourselves as being on clean energys cutting edge. We drive more electric vehicles, generate more electricity from solar power, and our legislators have pushed forward innovative policies that have become a model not just in the U.S., but around the world. Yet, hidden beneath this green image is a dirty secret: California is the third-largest oil-extracting state in the country, and the majority of that oil comes from where I call home, Kern County. Just two hours...
Balfour Beatty Construction Awarded Design-Build Contract For New Correctional Facility For Kern County
2015-05-01 06:31:55| plantautomation News Articles
Kern County has selected Balfour Beatty Construction to design and construct a new $100.5 million addition to the Kern County Justice Facility located in Bakersfield, Calif
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Dalton Sargeant Heads West and Takes NASCAR K&N Pro Series Kern County Raceway Win
2015-04-04 00:24:40| K&N Racing News
Rookie Dalton Sargeant followed up second place finish in NKNPSE race at New Smyrna Speedway in Florida with a win in the K&N Pro Series West season opener in Bakersfield, California.
Kern County OKs mile-long oil trains
2014-09-11 02:38:36| Energy - Topix.net
The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan by Texas-owned Alon USA Energy to send two 100-car trains a day to its refinery in Bakersfield in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Environmentalists opposed the project, voicing concerns about a potential spill of the volatile crude, and indicated they may sue to halt the project.
Kern County OKs mile-long oil trains
2014-09-11 02:33:30| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan by Texas-owned Alon USA Energy to send two 100-car trains a day to its refinery in Bakersfield in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Environmentalists opposed the project, voicing concerns about a potential spill of the volatile crude, and indicated they may sue to halt the project.