California’s Oil And Gas Industry Spent $10 Million Getting Rid Of Environmental Review

“Proposed and paid for by the oil industry, the [new regulations] purport to authorize the development of up to 3,647 new oil and gas wells and extensive associated construction and operational activities, each year for 20 to 25 or more years, without any further, site-specific assessment of those activities’ health and other environmental impacts,” the complaint says. “The ordinance jeopardizes the health and well-being of hundreds of thousands of people across Kern County.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/11/3730723/kern-county-sued-over-environmental-review/