Two Interior Dept. bureaus have concluded that oil and gas well-stimulation techniques, including hydraulic fracturing, off the coast of California do not pose a significant environmental risk.
The findings, released on May 27, mean that offshore California drilling for oil and gas can resume. Drilling was halted in January because of a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit. The group says it sued because of the “rubber-stamping” of permits for fracking without sufficient environmental review.