City News Service
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Board of Supervisors called today for a detailed inventory of all oil fields operating within Los Angeles County, along with recommendations to ensure consistent regulation.Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Hilda Solis proposed the review in the wake of a recent report by the California Council on Science and Technology about how hydraulic fracturing or fracking and acid well stimulation -- processes used to extract oil -- could impact air and water quality, seismic activity, wildlife, vegetation and human health.
