27.01.2013 - 02:50 [ Huffington Post ]

California Fracking Lawsuit Charges State Has Done Insufficient Job Of Regulating Practice

In a complaint filed in Alameda County Superior Court earlier this week, the Arizona-based Center For Biological Diversity charged that the agency tasked with regulating energy production, the California Department of Conservation‘s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) has „[issued] permits for oil and gas well operations…without tracking, monitoring or otherwise supervising the high-risk, unconventional injection practice.“