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February 19, 2021
Mary Hsia-Coron
earthquake, Measure Z trial
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STUDY: SAN ARDO-AREA QUAKES TIED TO OIL OPERATIONS

When petroleum companies draw crude oil from the earth, it is accompanied by large volumes of water. This wastewater is then pumped through wells thousands of feet deep into the earth. A recent study links…

January 31, 2018
Mary Hsia-Coron
Uncategorized
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Planning Commission Rejects Trio Oil Wells

Salinas >> With Measure Z and last month’s court ruling as a backdrop, the Planning Commission on Wednesday finalized its denial of a Trio Petroleum bid for four oil and gas exploration wells in southern…

April 3, 2018
Mary Hsia-Coron
Uncategorized
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Supervisors Approve Trio Oil Wells

Salinas >> With a controversial remote San Benito County solar farm project as an unlikely backdrop, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday granted an appeal by Trio Petroleum of the county Planning Commission’s denial four…

December 31, 2017
Mary Hsia-Coron
Uncategorized
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Judge Issues Measure Z Decision

Measure Z scored a victory in court—for now, at least—but also suffered two major losses. The measure, a ballot initiative Monterey County voters approved in the November 2016 election, would have banned fracking, wastewater injection…

November 16, 2017
Mary Hsia-Coron
Measure Z lawsuits, Measure Z trial
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Measure Z trial ends, judge’s ruling expected quickly

Monterey >> Attorneys wrapped up their arguments on Thursday in the first phase of the Measure Z trial aimed at deciding whether the voter-approved initiative establishing some of the nation’s toughest oil and gas restrictions…

November 16, 2017
Mary Hsia-Coron
Measure Z lawsuits, Measure Z trial
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Inside the Measure Z Trial

The first phase of the trial over Monterey County’s voter-approved fracking ban wrapped up Thursday afternoon. Judge Thomas Wills has 90 days to make a decision. Oil companies and royalty owners filed multiple lawsuits against…

November 16, 2017
Mary Hsia-Coron
Measure Z lawsuits, Measure Z trial
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Courts to decide whether Measure Z is legal

In a standing-room-only courtroom packed with about 20 attorneys, the first shots were fired Nov. 13 in the trial over Measure Z, a case that is being watched across the country as potentially setting a…

October 24, 2017
Mary Hsia-Coron
Measure Z Ordinance
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Hearing on Measure Z Ordinance Continues

Nearly a year after voters approved Measure Z, establishing some of the nation’s toughest oil and gas restrictions, county supervisors continued molding a critical ordinance that would establish a process for considering exemptions from the…

August 14, 2017
Mary Hsia-Coron
Measure Z lawsuits
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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
Mary Hsia-Coron
local news, Measure Z Ordinance
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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…