Last Friday, 10 members of the LA City Council asked City Attorney Mike Feuer to draw up a ban on fracking. That's short for hydraulic fracturing, the use of water and some chemicals to extract oil that's otherwise hard to get. Governor Brown signed a state law to regulate fracking last year, but some legislators want to amend it. In the meantime, Los Angeles may take steps of its own.
LA City Council Takes Aim at Fracking
More
- FracFocus
- Hydraulic Fracturing study of the Ingelwood Oil Field
- LA City Council file on Hydraulic Fracturing, Prohibition of Well Stimulation Activities
- LA Times on reduced ailments, air improvements after Allenco oil field closes
- National Academy of Sciences on hydraulic fracturing, earthquakes and wastewater
Credits
Guests:
- Bhavna Shamasunder - Occidental College - @UEPI
- Nick Ortiz - Western States Petroleum Association