Fracking Survives In California As Senate Blocks Bill

A bill that would have banned hydraulic fracturing in California along with most other ways of extracting crude oil failed to pass the state Senate’s Natural Resources and Water Committee by one vote. The sponsors of the bill that enjoyed strong support from environmentalist organizations said, as quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle, they were “extremely disappointed”. While popular among environmentalists and climate change advocates, however, the anti-fracking bill was the opposite of popular among other groups, including…