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Kern County OKs plan for thousands of new oil and gas wells over environmental objections

Kern County OKs plan for thousands of new oil and gas wells over environmental objections Brian Melley © (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times) Pump jacks work the oil-rich fields west of Bakersfield in this March 2013 file photo. Kern County on Monday approved a plan to greatly expand oil and gas extraction. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times) As expected, a Central Valley county approved a plan Monday to fast-track drilling of thousands of new oil and gas wells over the next 15 years, over the objections of environmental groups and people who live near oil fields. The Kern County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to approve a revised ordinance supported by the influential petroleum industry that creates a blanket environmental impact report to approve as many as 2,700 new wells a year.

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Plan to allow thousands of California oil wells faces vote

Plan to allow thousands of California oil wells faces vote
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Plan to allow thousands of California oil wells faces vote

Plan to allow thousands of California oil wells faces vote BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - This May 1, 2018 file photo shows oil pump jacks in an oil field near Taft, Calif. California s oil rich Kern County is voting on a revised plan that could permit tens of thousands of oil and gas wells in the next two decades. The plan had to be rewritten after environmental groups sued and a state appeals court found the county s permit system could threaten the region s air and water.Jae C. Hong/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2015, file photo, a person walks past pump jacks operating at the Kern River Oil Field in Bakersfield, Calif. California s oil rich Kern County is voting on a revised plan that could permit tens of thousands of oil and gas wells in the next two decades. The plan had to be rewritten after environmental groups sued and a state appeals court found the county s permit system could threaten the region s air

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