California’s Brown Says He’ll Consider Fracking Standards
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Governor Jerry Brown said he’ll consider opening California, fourth among oil-producing states, to a drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing to increase natural-gas production.
A form of the technique has long been used in the oil-rich San Joaquin Valley, said Brown, 73, a Democrat who returned to office last year after two terms in the 1970s and 1980s. He said he’d be likely to permit more widespread fracturing if environmental consequences can be minimized.