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Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Dismiss Case Challenging Offshore Fracking in California

Pacific coast fracking
Fracking In the Pacific (Source: ThinkProgress)

LOS ANGELES—(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2017.  A federal court on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the approval of fracking in federal waters off California.

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The suit — filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and Wishtoyo Foundation — notes that the government violated the National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act by failing to carefully study offshore fracking’s risks before allowing this dangerous oil-extraction…

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