Trump fracking plan targets over 1 million acres in California
by Anna M. Phillips, Los Angeles Times
Apr 26, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday detailed its plan to open more than a million acres of public and private land in California to fracking, raising environmental concerns at a time when opposition to oil and gas drilling in the state is intensifying.
The action would end a five-year moratorium on leasing federal land in California to oil and gas developers. That pause came after a federal judge ordered the Obama administration to halt similar leasing
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