By Alison Sider | The Wall Street Journal
The battle over hydraulic fracturing is heating up in California—and broadening to include what California regulators contend has been undisclosed oil-well fracking off the Pacific Coast.
The California Coastal Commission, which is charged with overseeing development along the state’s coastline and in its waters, said it found out only recently offshore fracking had occurred from oil platforms overseen by the federal government. The state agency has launched a probe into the practice.
The California Coastal Commission, which oversees development on the coast, is probing offshore fracking that it said it only recently learned about.
also are calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior to scrutinize the practice, in part to see if fracking increases the risks of offshore oil spills.
