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February 9, 2015

Thousands Urge Fracking Ban in California Protest 
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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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