Two weeks after detailing a proposal to open more than a million acres in California to fracking, Trump announced plans to open another 725,500 acres.
Oil pumps and equipment are reflected in a pool of water at the South Belridge oil field in Kern County.
Another 42,400 acres would have restrictions prohibiting surface-level equipment such as pumpjacks. These rules would apply to land within the 8,000-acre Joaquin Rocks area, the Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area in Fresno County and the core population areas of the endangered giant kangaroo rat.
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