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LA City Council Takes Aim at Fracking
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.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLast 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.
