Environmental & Energy,
Administrative/Regulatory
Apr. 23, 2014
The state of fracking
It appears certain that the regulation of fracking, and litigation related to fracking, will increase in the coming year.
Fracking is not new to California - it has been used in oil fields for decades - but it has recently become a hot political and legal issue with increasing news reports about alleged environmental damage associated with fracking in the eastern U.S. and as new oil developments suitable for fracking are discovered in the Golden State.
Fracking - also known as hydraulic fracturing - is the practice of injecting water, sand and other, often proprietary, chemicals into wells to loosen o...
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