The oil industry recently completed hydraulic fracturing operations for six more oil wells inside the boundary of the Los Padres National Forest, pumping thousands of gallons of known toxic chemicals into the ground without any public notice or environmental documentation. They are the twelfth and thirteenth oil wells to be fracked in this remote, environmentally sensitive area since June 2012. Combined, the six fracking operations in 2013 consumed nearly 4.75 million gallons of water.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:58:07 +0000