Readers may want to know that on September 24, nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives weighed in to register their and their constituents’ concerns about the impacts of acidizing and fracking off the California coast and the failure of federal government agencies to conduct a full environmental review before issuing permits to companies like ExxonMobil, Venoco Inc., and others.
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On September 24, nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Representative Salud Carbajal, filed a brief in support of appeals filed by the Environmental Defense Center (EDC) and Santa Barbara Channelkeeper (SBCK), the State of California, and other environmental groups, in their case challenging federal government agencies’ approval of offshore fracking and acidizing. The brief, which was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, explains why the federal government should have conducted thorough environmental review before approving such activities.