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Litigation

Dec. 20, 2016

State sues federal government to block offshore fracking

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the Coastal Commission have sued the U.S. Department of Interior to block offshore hydraulic fracturing off of the California coastline.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The California attorney general and the Coastal Commission have sued the U.S. Department of Interior to block offshore hydraulic fracturing off of the coastline.

The complaint, filed Monday in federal court in the Central District of California, claims that an assessment issued by the Department of Interior in May violated environmental laws by not properly assessin...

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