Environmental
Apr. 10, 2013
Judge orders federal government to look at risks of fracking in Monterey County
A San Jose judge has ruled that the federal government failed to address the potential environmental impacts of fracking when it leased more than 2,400 acres in Monterey County for oil development.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A San Jose judge has ruled that the federal government failed to address the potential environmental impacts of fracking when it leased more than 2,400 acres in Monterey County for oil development.
In an opinion issued Sunday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal held that the federal Bureau of Land Management, which controls large areas of public land in the West, gave short shrift to fracking in vio...
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