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Community groups warn expanded drilling risks public health in Kern County; call for stronger safeguards and transparency
Summary
Community and environmental justice witnesses said expanding permitted oil production without stronger monitoring and enforceable safeguards would worsen health harms in Kern County and other extraction communities.
Community representatives and environmental justice advocates testified at the joint hearing that any program to increase in‑state production must safeguard health, protect neighborhoods, and require fuller disclosure of environmental liabilities.
A Kern County resident who testified for the Central California Environmental Justice Network described living with persistent air quality and community exposure issues in the region that produces the majority of California’s oil. The witness said roundtable inspections found roughly one‑third of facilities were actively leaking and…
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