Post by Logan on Dec 19, 2016 20:00:36 GMT -6
LOS ANGELES (AP) — State Attorney General Kamala Harris and the California Coastal Commission on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government's recent finding that fracking off the state's coast has no significant environmental impact.
The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles says the Department of Interior failed to take a hard look at the potential environmental effects of the 22 offshore oil platforms that have used techniques including acid and hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, to stimulate production. The lawsuit says that failure is a violation of the National Environmental Policy Act.
"We must take every possible step to protect our precious coastline and ocean," said Harris, who is in her last weeks as attorney general before heading to the U.S. Senate.
A message left with a Department of Interior spokeswoman seeking comment on the lawsuit was not immediately returned.
Read more: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/national-business/article121897153.html
The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles says the Department of Interior failed to take a hard look at the potential environmental effects of the 22 offshore oil platforms that have used techniques including acid and hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, to stimulate production. The lawsuit says that failure is a violation of the National Environmental Policy Act.
"We must take every possible step to protect our precious coastline and ocean," said Harris, who is in her last weeks as attorney general before heading to the U.S. Senate.
A message left with a Department of Interior spokeswoman seeking comment on the lawsuit was not immediately returned.
Read more: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/national-business/article121897153.html