From the Los Angeles Times:

“Environmental and liberal activist groups are split over a pending pioneering bill that would regulate the controversial oil-extraction technique known as fracking.

“Legislation by Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) would, for the first time in the nation, require oil companies to disclose details of the chemicals, locations and procedures involved with hydraulic fracturing and related ‘well-stimulation’ activities. The bill also would require that well sites be permitted and that the state conduct a scientific study of hydraulic fracturing, among other things.”

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