EcoWatchJudge: Wildlife Must Be Considered Before Permitting Fracking Off SoCal Coast
By Olivia Rosane
Nov. 12, 2018 08:38AM EST
SNIPPET:
In what environmentalists are calling a major victory, a California judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot approve any new fracking off the state's southern coast until a full review is done assessing the controversial technique's impact on endangered species and coastal resources, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.
"Endangered
sea otters and other critters just won a reprieve from the
Trump 🦀 administration's 🐉🦕 assault on our
oceans for dirty oil 🦖,"
Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) Oceans Program Legal Director Kristen Monsell said in a press release.
"We plan to celebrate this great victory in the fight against climate change and dirty fossil fuels."Full article: https://www.ecowatch.com/judge-halts-fracking-off-socal-coast-2619347365.html