Fracking
Last night we attended a Hammer Forum, a conversation with Bill McKibben, the Vermont author, founder of the environmental action group 350.org, and Josh Fox, director of Gasland, the documentary about the devastating effects of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas.
They alerted us to something we didn’t know about: the PXP oil company has been employing fracking in the oil wells of Baldwin Hills, just south of Reynier Village, causing environmental damage and danger of earthquakes.
Read about the May 15 press conference in Kenneth Hahn Park.
Download the issue brief by Food and Water Watch.
Sign a Petition for Governor Jerry Brown to ban fracking in California.
Text by Elisa Leonelli
Motion to ban fracking by South Robertson Neighborhood Council.
July 11, 2012.
SORONC Green Team invites the community to discuss hydraulic fracking in the Inglewood oil fields.
http://lyonideas.com/motion-to-ban-fracking-by-south-robertson-neighborhoods-council/