Drought-Wracked California Allows Oil Companies to Use High-Quality Water. But Regulators’ Error-Strewn Records Make Accurate Accounting Nearly Impossible

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By By Liza GrossSep 18, 2022, 9:00 am1.2k ptsInterestingTop
California’s oil industry uses hundreds of millions of gallons of freshwater a year in a state with none to spare. Most of that water is used in Kern County, where communities have long lacked affordable, safe drinking water. By Liza Gross Last month, with California in the grips of a megadrought, Gov. Gavin…

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