LOS ANGELES – A group of state lawmakers has asked the federal government to investigate hydraulic fracturing off the California coast where new oil leases have been banned since a disastrous 1969 oil spill. Fracking has occurred in the Santa Barbara Channel at least 12 times since the late 1990s, and regulators earlier this year approved a new project, according to a recent report by the Associated Press, which obtained well permits and internal emails through the Freedom of Information Act.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:38:11 +0000