Ventura County Supervisors miss an opportunity to update World War II-era drilling permits to protect condors.
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County, FWS Deliver Big Gift to Oil Industry
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Lawsuit Challenges Dangerous Oil Drilling in Santa Paula Canyon
Three conservation groups sued Ventura County to halt a plan to drill 19 new oil wells along the Santa Paula Canyon Trail.
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Groups Oppose Plan to Open Over a Million Acres of Federal Property in CA to Drilling and Fracking
Bureau of Land Management failed to consider threats of fracking to air, water and wildlife
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Legislation Announced to Benefit Wilderness, Watersheds, and Recreation in the Los Padres and Carrizo Plain
Nearly 250,000 acres of wilderness could be added.
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County Approves Oil Wells Along Popular Hiking Trail in Santa Paula Canyon
ForestWatch Files Appeal to Planning Commission, Citing Violations of State Law
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Draft Report Reveals Significant Environmental Impacts of Fracking in Ventura County’s Sespe Oil Field
State Identifies Significant & Unavoid- able Impacts to Wildlife, Water Quality, & Public Safety in Sespe Oil Field
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Company Proposes 19 New Wells in Santa Paula Canyon
Drilling Planned Next to Popular Hiking Trail Leading to Swimming Holes, Waterfalls, and the Sespe Wilderness
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Oil Industry Proposes Fracking Eight More Wells in Los Padres National Forest
Forest Officials Accept Public Comments through June 4 — Click Here to Submit Comments
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ForestWatch Halts Three Fracking Operations in Sespe Watershed
Public Agencies Erroneously Issued Permits for Drilling
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BLM Announces Another Land Giveaway of 19,600 Acres to Oil Companies
Public lands near Los Padres and Carrizo Plain auctioned for as little as $2 per acre.
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