Update 8:00 am Thursday Overnight infrared imagery of the Detwiler Fire shows the blaze has grown to over 70,000 acres. The fire is now 10 percent contained. In the last 24 hours the southern flank of the fire was active, burning south of Highway 140, in the area between Mariposa …
Read More »Hearings Begin Over Kern County Ordinance That Allows 70,000 New Oil And Gas Wells
A series of hearings began today in Kern County in a lawsuit over an ordinance that could allow up to 70,000 new oil and gas wells there over the next two decades. All those wells could create 78 million pounds of air pollution a year says Catherine Garoupa White with …
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