Center for Biological Diversity: Federal Bill Proposes Fracking, Drilling Halt on California's Central Coast, Bay Area
January 26, 2021
January 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 25:
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) reintroduced legislation today to create a moratorium on fracking and drilling along California's Central Coast and in the Bay Area.
The bill would stop the Bureau of Land Management from acting on the Trump administration's 2019 decision to allow fracking and drilling on 725,500 acres of public lands and mineral estate.
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) reintroduced legislation today to create a moratorium on fracking and drilling along California's Central Coast and in the Bay Area.
The bill would stop the Bureau of Land Management from acting on the Trump administration's 2019 decision to allow fracking and drilling on 725,500 acres of public lands and mineral estate.