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Press Release June 26, 2025

Community and Environmental Groups Condemn New Oil and Gas Drilling in Kern County

Kern’s Board of Supervisors voted to approve a zoning ordinance that will fast-track thousands of new oil and gas wells in California’s Central Valley
Press Release June 12, 2025

Community Groups Speak Out Against Kern County Oil and Gas Permitting Ordinance

Kern’s Board of Supervisors to vote on the ordinance by the end of June after a decade of community objection and legal challenges
document June 12, 2025

Joint Letter Second Supplemental Recirculated Environmental Impact Report Kern County Zoning Ordinance

74 organizations respectfully submit this letter in reference to Kern County’s proposed “Revisions to Title 19-Kern County Zoning Ordinance (2025-A) Focused on Oil and Gas Local Permitting”
Earthjustice halted a years-long effort by officials in Kern County, California, to fast-track oil and gas permits. We continue to fight new fossil fuel infrastructure as we help build the clean energy transition. (Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock)
Article March 21, 2024

The clean energy transition is happening. But Big Oil isn’t budging.

The fossil fuel industry is backsliding on its climate pledges. Earthjustice is filing lawsuits to keep pushing for the clean energy transition that science demands.
Earthjustice halted a years-long effort by officials in Kern County, California, to fast-track oil and gas permits. We continue to fight new fossil fuel infrastructure as we help build the clean energy transition. (Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock)
Press Release: Victory June 8, 2022

Court Ruling Deems Kern County’s Oil and Gas Review Violated the Law

For the second time, Kern County’s fast-track permitting ordinance fails under scrutiny
document December 17, 2015

Kern County petition

Lawsuit to safeguard Kern communities from flawed oil & gas drilling amendment
Oil drilling operations in Kern County, Calif. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Article December 9, 2015

One California County’s Fracked Idea

Kern County is the nation’s largest oil-producing county, and to keep on top it’s not going to let a little thing like public review of new oil and gas permits…
A farmer watches oil wells that have sprouted near almond orchards in Shafter, Kern County, California. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
case September 25, 2015

Demanding Accountability For Kern County Oil & Gas Drilling Projects

Press Release September 11, 2015

Environmental and Public Health Groups Demand Accountability for Kern County Oil and Gas Drilling Projects

Groups call for County to uphold laws, protect public health and water supply, and revise a flawed draft proposal for future review