Tag: Bakersfield

  • Community Leads Regulators to More Methane-Spewing Wells in Morningstar Neighborhood

    Abandoned & Idled Wells Pose Significant Safety Threats to Frontline Communities Across CA After Decades of Neglect May 24, 2022 Contact: Cesar Aguirre, (661) 979-2721, cesar.aguirre@ccejn.org Kobi Naseck, 214-609-2439, kobi@vision-ca.org Bakersfield, CA –  While onsite to verify that two abandoned oil wells in a residential neighborhood were no longer pouring methane into the community since…

  • DOGGR EIR Scope Hearing in Bakersfield

    –December 13, 2013– On Thursday, December 12, 2013 the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, a division of the Department of Conservation held a scoping meeting in regards to the preparation of  a well-stimulation treatment EIR mandated by Senate Bill 4 (Pavley).  Several activists joined the hearing to speak out against fracking and to…