What the Frack

California's First Appellate District on Tuesday <strong>upheld</strong> dismissal of a request to order the immediate end to hydraulic fracturing - fracking - of oil and gas wells, finding the state Department of Conservation acted under a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exemption and the request was therefore inappropriate.

SAN FRANCISCO – California’s First Appellate District on Tuesday upheld dismissal of a request to order the immediate end to hydraulic fracturing – fracking – of oil and gas wells, finding the state Department of Conservation acted under a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exemption and the request is inappropriate at this time.

Categories / Appeals, Energy, Environment, Regional

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