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Feds approve more fracking off California coast | SFGate

Feds approve more fracking off California coast | SFGate | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
From www.sfgate.com - February 12, 2014 5:00 PM
The revelation Wednesday comes as the California Coastal Commission attempts to exercise greater oversight over the contested practice known as hydraulic fracturing, which pumps huge amounts of water, sand and chemicals deep into rock formations to free oil. The agency launched an investigation into the extent of offshore fracking after The Associated Press last year documented at least a dozen instances of companies using fracking since the 1990s in the Santa Barbara Channel, site of a 1969 oil platform blowout that fouled beaches, and killed birds and other wildlife. The state coastal commission can have a say regarding fracking jobs in federal waters if it determines the work presents a threat to water quality closer to shore, commission staff said at its monthly meeting in Pismo Beach, a beach city 175 miles northwest of Los Angeles. After pressure from state lawmakers and residents, the Environmental Protection Agency recently required oil companies planning offshore fracks to report chemicals released into the sea.
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OverSoul's insight:

Between Fukushima and fracking, the California coastline is in danger of becoming one big EPA "superfund" site.  This is far from over.

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