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Gov. Brown ordered firing of regulator who took hard line on oil firms

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:23 — Dave Culver
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Health & Environment

The dispute centered on a risky method of extraction. California's governor has sued oil companies throughout his career, but he now talks of tossing cumbersome regulations to revive the economy.

Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles (CA) Times

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Oil company dollars are helping the signature-gathering campaign for Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot measure to raise taxes. (Los Angeles Times / March 25, 1997)

Late last year (2011), Gov. Jerry Brown pushed for a top state regulator to ease key requirements for companies seeking to tap California's oil. The official balked.

Relaxing rules on underground injection, a risky method of oil extraction common in the state, would violate environmental laws, wrote Derek Chernow, then head of the Department of Conservation, in a memo obtained by The Times.

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