Groups’ Amicus Brief Calls For California High Court To Uphold Local Fracking Ban

Mealey's (October 25, 2022, 2:33 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Environmental groups have filed an amicus curiae brief in the California Supreme Court contending that a lower court decision that struck down a local ordinance banning hydraulic fracturing “threatens to interfere with municipalities’ efforts to address the localized impacts of oil and gas drilling in ways that are responsive to concerns of their most vulnerable residents.”...