Politics California county set for major expansion in oil, gas drilling Health, environmental concerns aren’t deterring Kern County from a future with thousands more oil and gas wells.
Causes ktla.com Plan to allow thousands of new oil wells faces vote in Kern County After a state appeals court blocked Kern County's effort to speed up new oil and gas drilling, officials overseeing the state's prime oil patch have revised an ordinance that could permit tens of thousands of new wells over the next 15 years.
