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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | Back issues
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What the Frack

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 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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