The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a court-ordered prohibition on offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast.
Last year, the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that the federal government violated the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act and Coastal Zone Management Act when it allowed fracking and acidizing extraction practices at all offshore oil and gas wells in leased federal waters in the Pacific Ocean.
The 9th Circuit's decision noted that the Interior Department"disregarded necessary caution" when greenlighting fracking practices with unknown consequences. " decision is a victory for California's coast and ocean," said Kate Huckelbridge, executive director of the California Coastal Commission."We are pleased that the Coastal Commission can continue to carefully scrutinize offshore fracking, as part of our mandate to protect state waters."
"The fracking ban will help prevent more toxic chemicals from poisoning fish, sea otters and other marine life. But our ocean won't be truly protected until offshore drilling stops once and for all. We hope this is the beginning of the end of drilling off California's coast," said Kristen Monsell, oceans legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
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