PMCAdmin

August 14, 2017
PMCAdmin
Measure Z lawsuits
No Comments

Big Oil Goes to Court Against Measure Z

Calling voter-approved Measure Z a misleading initiative preempted by state and federal law that would result in the end of a 70-year history of oil and gas production in Monterey County and an unconstitutional taking…

July 25, 2017
PMCAdmin
local news, Measure Z Ordinance
No Comments

Monterey Supervisors consider Measure Z exemptions

MONTEREY, Calif. - Measure Z, an initiative that bans fracking and wastewater injection in Monterey County, may have easily passed in November, but it was only the beginning of a long battle over land rights…

July 4, 2017
PMCAdmin
groundwater, wastewater injection
No Comments

Stanford scientists find ‘water windfall’ in California

New research indicates that California's Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously estimated, but challenges to using it include pumping costs, ground subsidence and possible contamination from fracking and other oil and gas…

February 9, 2017
PMCAdmin
DOGGR, groundwater, wastewater injection
No Comments

DOGGR Aquifer Exemption Hearing

KING CITY >> A voter-approved measure to limit oil production in Monterey County does not keep the state from further considering allowing expansion of the boundaries of an aquifer where oil-production wastewater is being injected,…

October 31, 2016
PMCAdmin
earthquake, wastewater injection
No Comments

Oil Production Linked to Biggest California Earthquakes

Southern California suffered a number of big earthquakes in the early 1900s, a pattern that prompted experts to declare the state an earthquake hazard. But new work shows some of the biggest temblors might have…

Post By: PMCAdmin

Big Oil Goes to Court Against Measure Z

Monterey Supervisors consider Measure Z exemptions

Stanford scientists find ‘water windfall’ in California

DOGGR Aquifer Exemption Hearing

Oil Production Linked to Biggest California Earthquakes