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The Kern County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a controversial ordinance Monday evening allowing the addition of more than 40,000 oil and gas…
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Juan Flores remembers sitting in a meeting in July when his phone started blowing up. He’s a community organizer with the non-profit advocacy group Center…
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In early July, our sister station KQED first reported a huge oil seep in the Cymric Oilfield of western Kern County. At that time, hundreds of thousands…
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An oil seep in Western Kern County has now grown to more than a million gallons in size. On Wednesday, for the first time since the spill was reported,…
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Update July 24:Chevron reports the seep has grown to more than a million gallons in size.Update July 19: Inspectors from the Department of Oil, Gas and…
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California is the fourth largest oil producer in the country. As we speak, almost 81,000 wells across the state are churning out oil and gas or being used…
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Former State Senator Dean Florez is headed back to Sacramento, this time as a new member of the state's powerful Air Resources Board. Senate President Pro…