As expected, a Central Valley county approved a plan Monday to fast-track drilling of thousands of new oil and gas wells over the next 15 years, over the objections of environmental groups and people who live near oil fields. “It is ludicrous to think that a singular environmental impact report can adequately determine the health impacts of oil and gas drilling,” she said. Oil executives would have you believe that the only way to see our community prosper is through continued dependence on the oil industry. That is not true.”But supervisors argue that the local oil and gas industry had financial and environmental benefits. About 1 in 7 workers in the county of 900,000 has a job tied to the oil industry.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 09, 2021 04:18 UTC