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

Lawsuit to safeguard Kern communities from flawed oil & gas drilling amendment

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 get in its way.

Environmental and public health groups are urging Kern County to reject a severely flawed Draft Environmental Impact Report related to proposed revisions of the county’s oil and gas zoning ordinance. California is the nation’s third largest oil-producing state, and more than 80 percent of oil produced in the state comes from Kern County. The proposed…

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