Anti-fracking movement gains traction in California as landslide vote forbids destructive, water-polluting practice

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<p>‘The atio al a ti-fracki g moveme t co ti es to grow as voters have overwhelmi gly approve a ba agai st fracki g i B tte Co ty, Califor ia – maki g it the fo rth co ty i the state to pass s ch legislatio .</p>
<p>71 perce t of voters s pporte Meas re E, which ba s all oil a gas fracki g operatio s i the co ty. Agric lt re is B tte Co ty’s biggest i stry a locals fear that toxic waste from fracki g operatio s will poll te aq ifers i the area, estroyi g the “lifebloo ” of the co ty’s eco omy.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www. at ral ews.com/054360_fracki g_Califor ia_water_poll tio .html" target="_bla k">Rea more: A ti-fracki g moveme t gai s tractio i Califor ia as la sli e vote forbi s estr ctive, water-poll ti g practice</a></p>