California sues feds over claims offshore fracking had no environmental impact

‘Citing risks to public health and marine life, California’s state attorney and the state Coastal Commission are suing the federal government over its recent conclusions that off-shore fracking has had no environmental impact.
“We must take every possible step to protect our precious coastline and ocean,” said Attorney General Kamal Harris on Monday in a statement. “The US Department of Interior’s inadequate environmental assessment would open the door to practices like fracking that may pose a threat to the health and well-being of California communities.”
The suit comes after an oil company, DCOR LLC, proposed the establishment of California’s first offshore well in almost two years in the Santa Barbara Channel.’
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