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California Bans Fracking

By Marc Lifsher and Patrick McGreevy

September 20, 2013, 9:14 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — The nation's toughest restrictions on a controversial oil drilling technique known as fracking were signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday.

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Hotly opposed by the oil industry, the measure "establishes strong environmental protections and transparency requirements," the governor said in a statement.

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