Revised 2020 Kern County Oil & Gas Permitting Ordinance Moves Forward...

Wells in Elk Hills Oil Field, Antandrus; CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

Update:

Kern County Sued over Fast-tracking Tens of Thousands of New Oil Wells (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity; March 11, 2021)

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/kern-county-sued-over-fast-tracking-of-tens-of-thousands-of-new-oil-wells-2021-03-11/

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The Kern County Planning Commission Votes In Favor of Gas and Oil Ordinance Despite Public Outcry [Madi BOLANOS, Valley Public Radio (KVPR); February 12, 2021]

https://www.kvpr.org/post/kern-county-planning-commission-votes-favor-gas-and-oil-ordinance-despite-public-outcry#stream/0

Environmental groups gather signatures opposing Kern County's revised oil and gas permitting ordinance

(KGET News; February 10, 2021)

https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/environmental-groups-gather-signatures-opposing-kern-countys-revised-oil-gas-permitting-ordinance/

Side Note...

NEWSOM Administration Sued Over Thousands of Unlawful Oil, Gas Projects

(Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity; February 24, 2021)

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/newsom-administration-sued-over-thousands-of-unlawful-oil-gas-projects-2021-02-24/

Websites:

Final Supplemental Recirculated Environmental Impact Report (2020/2021) for Revisions to Title 19 - Kern County Zoning Ordinance (2020-A) Focused on Oil and Gas Local Permitting

[Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department]

https://kernplanning.com/sreir2020-oil-gas-zoning-revisions/

Oil and Gas Well Finder

(CalGEM)

https://www.conservation.ca.gov/calgem/Pages/WellFinder.aspx