Environmental, National

California Announces Plan to Allow Oil Industry to Pollute More Underground Water

New U.S. EPA Letter Raises Questions About Brown Administration’s Efforts to Approve Oil Waste Disposal Into Aquifers

Sacramento, CA-(ENEWSPF)- California oil regulators today proposed exempting another underground water source from protection under state and federal laws. If approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the proposed “aquifer exemption” would allow the oil industry to inject waste fluid into the Round Mountain aquifer in Kern County.

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“This reckless plan from state oil officials puts yet another California…

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