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Thousands Urge Fracking Ban in California Protest

HeadlineFeb 09, 2015

Thousands of people opposed to the oil and gas drilling process known as “fracking” marched in Oakland, California, Saturday in what organizers called the largest anti-fracking protest in the United States. Demonstrators called on California Gov. Jerry Brown to ban fracking, citing concerns over pollution, poisoning of water supplies and climate change. A day earlier, 12 people were arrested as protesters blocked the entrance to Brown’s San Francisco office and erected a 16-foot fracking rig in the middle of an intersection. Brown was sworn in for a fourth term last month with a promise to address climate change.

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