By Scott Detrow
The latest step in California’s long march toward new hydraulic fracturing regulations took place in a Sacramento hotel ballroom Thursday.
For six hours, representatives from the Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources walked members of the public through nine pages of draft regulations aimed at governing how energy companies use chemical-laced fluid to extract oil from the ground.
Fracking isn’t new in California. It’s been a standard step in oil drilling here for decades. But recent surveys indicate Northern California’s Monterey Shale may be one of the largest oil fields in the country. Extracting oil
Source: KQED Radio News
Source: KQED Radio News