Lawsuit Alleges California's Fracking Rules Discriminate Against Latino Children

摘要

California's new regulations governing oil and gas well stimulation activities discriminate against Latino public school children, according to a lawsuit filed July 15 on behalf of a Kern County family (Romo v. Brown, Cal. Sup. Ct., case number unavailable, 7/15/15). Latino children are more likely to attend schools near the state's oil and gas fields where most of the hydraulic fracturing and other well stimulation treatments occur, the complaint said. Yet, the regulations lack any setbacks or geographic limitations on well stimulation to protect this group of students, according to the lawsuit filed by the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment.