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An ugly truth behind black gold: How racial injustices are behind California's fight against Big Oil
2016-01-17 21:58:21| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
WTF? A group of armed right-wing extremists occupy a federal building-and they don't even get charged with trespass? Paul Ryan sat right behind President Obama with an obnoxious smirk on his face for the whole State of the Union-and then had... Despite being known as an energy-progressive state and the vanguard of the green movement, California remains a major epicenter of oil production in the United States. Generally, oil production comes with the predictable environmental issues involved with the endeavor: Polluted air, contaminated water, acid rain, carcinogens, and the occasional landslide, tremor, or refinery explosion.
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