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This story is part of , a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. When Bakersfield-based oil company E&B Natural Resources sought to put wells in Hermosa Beach that would dig through the ocean floor sideways in 2013, the company s president said he wanted the community s trust. Subscribe We understand that we must not only demonstrate that we can operate in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, but we must also establish trust, Steve Layton told the Los Angeles Times. But Hermosa Beach rejected Layton s offer of trust by voting down the proposed project. Now environmentalists in Los Angeles say that E&B Natural Resources has violated another community s trust after one of its pipelines at the Inglewood Oil Field leaked more than 1,600 gallons of oil on April 6, according to an initial state spill report, which says a shipping pipeline valve was left open through human error. A call to the Los Angeles County ....
When Bakersfield-based oil company E&B Natural Resources sought to put wells in Hermosa Beach that would dig through the ocean floor sideways in 2013, the company’s president said he wanted the community’s trust. “We understand that we must not only demonstrate that we can operate in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, but we must also establish trust,” Steve Layton told the Los Angeles Times. But Hermosa Beach rejected Layton’s offer of trust by voting down the proposed project. Now environmentalists in Los Angeles say that E&B Natural Resources has violated another community’s trust after one of its pipelines at the Inglewood Oil Field leaked more than 1,600 gallons of oil on April 6. A shipping pipeline valve was left open through human error, causing the release of petroleum onto the soil, according to a state spill report. A spokesperson from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, which responds when wildlife or waterways are impacted ....
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Small towns get ready to fight big oil over air quality in Central Valley By Ingrid Lobet Replay Video UP NEXT Oil and gas producers could find themselves increasingly on the defensive in California now that two communities near the heart of the state’s largest concentration of oilfields have won inclusion under its community air protection law on Thursday. Residents of Arvin and unincorporated Lamont, both in rural Kern County, have been organizing for three years with the goal of gaining status under Assembly Bill 617, a law intended to force California’s regional air pollution districts and Air Resources Board to share power with communities and reckon with their priorities. All members of the Board save one voted for the inclusion of Arvin and Lamont after hours of public testimony Thursday night. ....
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