Environmental
Sep. 26, 2014
Compton backs down on fracking ban
The city council voted to rescind its ordinance after the oil industry filed a legal challenge to it.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The city of Compton voted Tuesday night to back off of its fracking ban two months after the oil industry filed a lawsuit to invalidate the measure.
The city council unanimously moved to rescind an ordinance it had passed in April that banned fracking and other controversial well stimulation techniques. The move appears to put to rest a lawsuit the Western States Petroleum Association or WSPA filed ag...
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