California’s new fracking law is the first of its kind in the nation to regulate this method of tight oil extraction.
Tag: hydraulic fracturing
Geology
Could fracking the Monterey Shale lead to the next Big One?
The Monterey Shale runs through some of California’s major fault lines. Could pounding the earth trigger the next Big One?
Climate Change, Geology
How the Monterey Shale came to be
There has been so much talk of a potential fracking boom in California. But how, exactly, did the Monterey shale formation become so valuable?
Climate Change, Geology, Wildlife
Fracking the land of the kit fox, and its fellow desert natives
What’s in store for the desert species who’ve come to rely on an undeveloped landscape now threatened by a California oil boom?
Farming and Ranching
Above the Monterey Shale, farmers worry fracking will destroy the land
What happens when Big Oil meets small town California?
