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Environmental

Nov. 3, 2012

Environmentalists go to court to stop California fracking

Environmentalists who have railed against state officials for not regulating fracking for oil and gas in California are now wielding one of the state's most powerful environmental laws to get stricter controls.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Environmentalists who have railed against state officials for not regulating fracking for oil and gas in California are now wielding one of the state's most powerful environmental laws to get stricter controls.


The nonprofits Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity sued the state Department of Conservation last month alleging it failed to do in-depth environmental reviews of oil drilling pe...

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